Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827  7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for native Belgian literature, which is because Belgium is a multilingual country, Belgian literature is divided into two main linguistic branches following the two most prominently spoken languages in the country - Dutch and French,  he was born in Municit is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg.
He was born in Munich; his father, Augustin De Coster, was a native of Liege, who was attached to the household of the Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria in Munich, but soon returned to Belgium. 
