Willem Elsschot
Willem Elsschot (Flanders, 1882-1960) is a major and popular twentieth-century Flemish novelist whose novels are considered classics in both Flanders and the Netherlands. His first novel Villa des Roses (1913), made into a movie, was crowned at the 2002 Hollywood Movie Awards. His masterpiece Kaas (Cheese, 1933) established him as a sophisticated stylist, and unique in Flemish realism. Since being published in English in 2002, Cheese has conquered the world.