Anton van Duinkerken

Wilhelmus Johannes Maria Antonius Asselbergs (2 January 1903 in Bergen op Zoom – 27 June 1968 in Nijmegen), better known under his pseudonym Anton van Duinkerken, was a Dutch poet, essayist, and academic.

Asselbergs considered a career as a priest before becoming a journalist, editing De Gids.

In 1954 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

[1] He was honoured with a statue in the city of Bergen op Zoom.

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