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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". He was subsequently a professor in art history and the history of literature at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen. A Roman Catholic, he was active on behalf of the emancipation of the Catholic Church and wrote
take place about the renewal of social relationships in the Netherlands and the abolition of the "pillarisation". Among others Simon Vestdijk and Anton van Duinkerken participated in these discussions. Interned political and well-known figures included Prof. ir.Wim Schermerhorn (the Netherlands' first Prime Minister after World War II), Prof. Dr. Willem Banning, Prof. Dr. Pieter Geyl, Prof. Dr. Niko Tinbergen, Prof. Dr. Hendrik Brugmans, Dr. Hendrik Algra, Jhr. Marinus van der Goes van Naters, Geldolph Adriaan Kessler and Prof. dr. Jan