1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Streuvels, Stijn
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STREUVELS, STIJN, the pen-name of Frank Lateur
(1871-), Flemish author, who was born at Heule, West
Flanders, Oct. 4 1871. He was a nephew of Guido Gezelle
(1830-1899), a celebrated Flemish poet, and until 1905 worked
as a baker at Avelghem, a village near Courtrai in West Flanders.
Writing in the West Flemish dialect, he was accepted in Belgium
and Holland as the most distinguished Low Dutch author of
his day. He produced many short stories, including Openlucht
(1905) and De Vlaschaard (1908), a collection of which,
translated into English by A. Teixeira de Mattos. appeared in 1915
under the title of The Path of Life. In 1912 appeared Het
glorierijke Licht (“The Glorious Light”).
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