Facts: - death place: antwerp , belgium - alt: willem elsschot - caption: willem elsschot - death date: 31 may 1960 - awards: constantijn huygens prize -lrb- 1951 -rrb- - birth date: 7 may 1882 - name: willem elsschot - image size: 200px - nationality: belgian - image: willem elsschot.jpg - birth place: antwerp , belgium - occupation: poet , writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of willem elsschot .
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alphonsus josephus de ridder -lrb- 7 may 1882 - 31 may 1960 -rrb- , was a belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym willem elsschot -lrb- -rrb- .a number of his works have been translated into english .