Willem de Mérode

Willem Eduard Keuning was born in the Netherlands on 2 September 1887, at Spijk (Groningen).

The authorities of provence Groningen convicted him and he served 8 months in jail in 1924 as a result.

The prison time hurt him deeply and afterwards he withdrew to Eerbeek and lived his life almost as a recluse.

Willem de Merode/Willem Eduard Keuning is buried in Eerbeek, a small village in the middle of the Netherlands, where he spent most of his years after his devastating prison time.

The poet Willem de Mérode (1887–1939)', in: Paidika volume 1 number 1 (summer 1987), p. 46-