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Louis Couperus

Louis Couperus, Dutch author and poet (died 1923)

Born
June 10, 1863
Died
July 16, 1923
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1863

About Louis Couperus

Louis Marie-Anne Couperus was a Dutch novelist and poet. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons and sketches. Couperus is considered to be one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature. In 1923, he was awarded the Tollensprijs. When Louis reached the age of five, his youngest sister, Trudy, was twelve years old and his youngest brother, Frans, eleven. Here he met his cousin, Elisabeth Couperus-Baud, for the first time.

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The world when Louis Couperus was born

Louis Couperus was born in 1863. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1863

  • Best-selling bookLes Misérables by Victor Hugo (English translation)

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst organized baseball game with set rules
  • Top headlineEmancipation Proclamation frees enslaved people
  • Technology milestoneFirst subway opens in London
  • World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAbraham Lincoln
  • U.S. population32.6M

1863 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Louis Couperus's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18632026
Population32.6M341 million

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