Lode Zielens
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Ludovicus Carolus Zielens (13 June 1901–28 November 1944) was a Flemish
novelist and journalist
.
Born in Antwerp to a poor family, Lode Zielens worked in the docks. His first work, Schoolkolonie, was published in Elsevier’s Monthly Magazine. This brought him into contact with literary circles, including writers Herman Robbers and Frans Verschoren. Verschoren found Zielens an office job, but this was not to his liking. Schoolkolonie received a number of awards, and this led to Zielens joining the Socialist newspaper Volksgazet (now absorbed by De Morgen
) as an editor. Het duistere bloed of 1931 was a further success. His 1934 novel Moeder, waarom leven wij? is considered his finest work and was filmed in 1993.
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.
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
novelist and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
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Born in Antwerp to a poor family, Lode Zielens worked in the docks. His first work, Schoolkolonie, was published in Elsevier’s Monthly Magazine. This brought him into contact with literary circles, including writers Herman Robbers and Frans Verschoren. Verschoren found Zielens an office job, but this was not to his liking. Schoolkolonie received a number of awards, and this led to Zielens joining the Socialist newspaper Volksgazet (now absorbed by De Morgen
De Morgen
De Morgen is a Flemish newspaper with a circulation of 53,860. It originates from a merger in 1978 of two socialist newspapers Vooruit and Volksgazet ....
) as an editor. Het duistere bloed of 1931 was a further success. His 1934 novel Moeder, waarom leven wij? is considered his finest work and was filmed in 1993.
Zielens was killed in a V-2 rocket
V-2 rocket
The V-2 rocket , technical name Aggregat-4 , was a ballistic missile that was developed at the beginning of the Second World War in Germany, specifically targeted at London and later Antwerp. The liquid-propellant rocket was the world's first long-range combat-ballistic missile and first known...
attack at the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. He is buried at the Schoonselhof cemetery in Antwerp.