Ludovicus Carolus Zielens (13 June 1901–28 November 1944) was a
Belgian
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novelist
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and
journalist
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.
He wrote many novels, his ' being the most well known.
He also received several awards in recognition of his work.
Biography
Life and works
Zielens was born in
Antwerp to a poor family and worked in the docks. His first work, ''Schoolkolonie'', was published in ''Elsevier's Monthly Magazine''.
This brought him into contact with literary circles, including the writers Herman Robbers and
Frans Verschoren
Frans Verschoren (5 March 1874 – 5 December 1951) was a Flemish writer.
Biography
He was born in Sint-Katelijne-Waver in 1874. After his studies at the normal school, he became a teacher in Lier and in Turnhout. In Lier he had Felix Timmermans ...
.
Verschoren found Zielens an office job, but this was not to his liking.
''Schoolkolonie'' received a number of awards, which led to Zielens joining as an editor the Socialist newspaper ''Volksgazet'' (now absorbed by ''
De Morgen
''De Morgen'' ( Dutch for ''The Morning'') is a Flemish newspaper with a circulation of 53,860. The paper is published in Antwerp, Belgium.
History and profile
''De Morgen'' originates from a merger in 1978 of two socialist newspapers ' (meani ...
''). ''Het duistere bloed'' of 1931 was a further success. His 1934 novel ''Moeder, waarom leven wij?'' is seen as his finest work and was filmed in 1993.
Zielens was killed in a
V-2 rocket
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attack at the end of
World War II
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. He is buried at the Schoonselhof cemetery in Antwerp.
Bibliography
*''Schoolkolonie'' (1920)
*''Het jonge leven'' (novellen, 1928)
*''Robert, zonder Bertrand'' (1929)
*''Het duistere bloed'' (1930)
*''De roep'' (1931)
(omvattend : Antoinette onze moeder, De roep van het kind, Levensbericht)
*''Moeder, waarom leven wij'' (1932)
*''De gele roos'' (1933)
*''Nu begint het leven'' (1935)
*''De dag van morgen'' (1938)
*''Op een namiddag in September'' (1940)
*''Lees en vergeet'' (1941)
*''Te laat voor muziek'' (1941)
*''Opsomer'' (1942)
*''Het heerke'' (story in ''Bloei'', 1942)
*''Herinneringen van toen'' (1942–1943)
(containing : Rijkdom der jeugd - Maria - Ik ontmoet grootvader - Antoinette - Muziek in de nacht - De glazen buskop - Lewie)
*''Terug tot de bron'' (1944)
*''De volle waarheid over het concentratiekamp van Breendonk'' (1944)
*''Alles wordt betaald'' (1945)
*''Menschen als wij'' (1946)
*''De wereld gaat stralend open : een keuze uit novellen en schetsen'' (1959)
*''Polka voor piston''
See also
*
Flemish literature Flemish literature is literature from Flanders, historically a region comprising parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Until the early 19th century, this literature was regarded as an integral part of Dutch literature. After Bel ...
References
Further reading
*
Hubert Lampo
Hubert Leon Lampo ( Antwerp, 1 September 1920 – Essen, 12 July 2006) was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is '' De komst van Joachim Stiller'' ("The coming of Joachim Stiller", 1960), in ...
. ''Lode Zielens 1901-1944.'' (Brussels, 1956)
External links
Biographyat the ''dbnl'' (Digital Library for Dutch-language Literature)
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Flemish journalists
Flemish writers
1901 births
1944 deaths
Belgian civilians killed in World War II
Deaths by airstrike during World War II