Lode Zielens

Lode Zielens
Lode Zielens
Born	Ludovicus Carolus Zielens; 13 June 1901; Antwerp,Belgium
Died	28 November 1944 (aged 43); Antwerp,
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation(s)	novelist, journalist
Known for	Moeder, waarom leven wij?

Ludovicus Carolus Zielens (13 June 1901–28 November 1944) was a Belgian novelist and journalist.^[1] He wrote many novels, his Moeder, waarom leven wij? [nl] being the most well known.^[1] He also received several awards in recognition of his work.^[1]

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.^[1] This brought him into contact with literary circles, including the writers Herman Robbers and Frans Verschoren.^[1] Verschoren found Zielens an office job, but this was not to his liking.^[1]

Schoolkolonie received a number of awards, which led to Zielens joining as an editor the Socialist newspaper Volksgazet (now absorbed by De Morgen). 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.^[1]

Zielens was killed in a V-2 rocket attack at the end of World War II. He is buried at the Schoonselhof cemetery in Antwerp.^[1]

Bibliography

Schoolkolonie (1920)^[1]
Het jonge leven (novellen, 1928)^[1]
Robert, zonder Bertrand (1929)^[1]
Het duistere bloed (1930)^[1]
De roep (1931)^[1](omvattend : Antoinette onze moeder, De roep van het kind, Levensbericht)
Moeder, waarom leven wij (1932)^[1]
De gele roos (1933)^[1]
Nu begint het leven (1935)^[1]
De dag van morgen (1938)^[1]
Op een namiddag in September (1940)^[1]
Lees en vergeet (1941)^[1]
Te laat voor muziek (1941)^[1]
Opsomer (1942)^[1]
Het heerke (story in Bloei, 1942)^[1]
Herinneringen van toen (1942–1943)^[1] (containing : Rijkdom der jeugd - Maria - Ik ontmoet grootvader - Antoinette - Muziek in de nacht - De glazen buskop - Lewie)
Terug tot de bron (1944)^[1]
De volle waarheid over het concentratiekamp van Breendonk (1944)^[1]
Alles wordt betaald (1945)^[1]
Menschen als wij (1946)^[1]
De wereld gaat stralend open : een keuze uit novellen en schetsen (1959)^[1]
Polka voor piston^[1]

References

^ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 "Lode Zielens". DBNL.Org. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

External links

(in Dutch) Biography at the dbnl (Digital Library for Dutch-language Literature)

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