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Stijn Streuvels
Frank Lateur
(Known as "Stijn Streuvels")
Pioneering Flemish Novelist, Author of The Flax Field (De vlaschaard)
Born
Oct 03, 1871
Heule (Kortrijk, West Flanders), Belgium
Heule (Kortrijk, West Flanders), Belgium
Passed Away
Nov 04, 1969
Ingooigem (Anzegem, West Flanders), Belgium
Lifespan
98 years old
"The land demands all your sweat and sorrow, but in return, it roots your soul into eternity."
Archival Overview
Great master of Flemish naturalist prose, nephew of Guido Gezelle, whose iconic novel De vlaschaard (The Flax Field, 1907) elevated the rural struggle of Flemish peasants into a mythic cosmic tragedy.
Biographical Record
Working as a village baker in Avelgem until age thirty-four, Lateur wrote under the pseudonym Stijn Streuvels. In 1905, he built his beloved thatched home 'Het Lijsternest' in Ingooigem, dedicating his long life entirely to literature.
His masterpieces De vlaschaard (1907), Langs de wegen (1902), and De teleurgang van den Waterhoek (1927) depicted the primeval bonds between man, soil, and the changing seasons with fatalistic majesty. He was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Ingooigem Churchyard (near Het Lijsternest)
Ingooigem (Anzegem, West Flanders), Belgium
Ingooigem (Anzegem, West Flanders), Belgium
GPS: 50.8250, 3.4417
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