Virginie Loveling
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Virginie Loveling (17 May 1836 - 1 December 1923) was a Flemish
author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W.E.C Walter.
, Belgium
, and was the younger sister of Rosalie Loveling
, also an author, with whom she co-wrote part of her oeuvre. After the death of their father Herman Loveling, the family moved to Ghent
where the sisters moved in circles of French-speaking, mainly anti-clerical intelligentsia before eventually returning to Nevele.
Together with her sister, she wrote realistic and descriptive poetry with a romantic undertone. They also published two collections of essays on life in the rural communities as well as the city bourgeousie.
After her sister's death in 1875, she authored children's stories as well as novels and essays that paint a poignant picture of the era. With a noted intellectual and psychological angle, they treat -for that time- controversial subjects like heredity, education, religion and women's rights. She also co-authored 'Levensleer' (1912), a humoristic take on Ghent's
French-speaking bourgeoisie with her nephew Cyriel Buysse
.
Official recognition followed with the novel 'Een dure eed' in 1891, which received the five-yearly price for Dutch literature.
Virginie Loveling died on 1 December 1923 in Nevele.
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...
author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W.E.C Walter.
Biography
Virginie Loveling was born in NeveleNevele
Nevele is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. On January 1, 2006 Nevele had a total population of 11,217...
, Belgium
Belgium
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, and was the younger sister of Rosalie Loveling
Rosalie Loveling
Rosalie Loveling was a Flemish author of poetry, novels and essays.-Biography:Rosalie Loveling was born in Nevele, Belgium, and was the older sister of Virginie Loveling, also an author, with whom she co-wrote part of her oeuvre...
, also an author, with whom she co-wrote part of her oeuvre. After the death of their father Herman Loveling, the family moved to Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
where the sisters moved in circles of French-speaking, mainly anti-clerical intelligentsia before eventually returning to Nevele.
Together with her sister, she wrote realistic and descriptive poetry with a romantic undertone. They also published two collections of essays on life in the rural communities as well as the city bourgeousie.
After her sister's death in 1875, she authored children's stories as well as novels and essays that paint a poignant picture of the era. With a noted intellectual and psychological angle, they treat -for that time- controversial subjects like heredity, education, religion and women's rights. She also co-authored 'Levensleer' (1912), a humoristic take on Ghent's
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
French-speaking bourgeoisie with her nephew Cyriel Buysse
Cyriel Buysse
Cyrillus Gustave Emile "Cyriel", Baron Buysse was a Flemish naturalist author and playwright. He also wrote under following pseudonyms: Louis Bonheyden, Prosper Van Hove and Robert Palmer.-Biography:...
.
Official recognition followed with the novel 'Een dure eed' in 1891, which received the five-yearly price for Dutch literature.
Virginie Loveling died on 1 December 1923 in Nevele.
Co-authored with Rosalie Loveling
- Gedichten (1870)
- Novellen (1874) Rosalie : Jan-oom en Belle-Trezeken, De baan der kunst, Serafine, Broeder en zuster, Meester Huyghe ; Virginie: Drie kleine schetsen, Sidon, In de Hope van Vrede, De verdwaalden, Emiliaantje
- Nieuwe novellen (1876) Rosalie: Mijnheer Daman en zijn erfgenamen, Juffrouw Leocadie Stevens, Po en Paoletto ; Virginie: Octavie en Estelle, De kwellende gedachte, De vijftig franken
- Polydoor en Theodoor en andere novellen en schetsen (1883) Virginie: Polydoor en Theodoor ; Rosalie: De hond, Uwe tweede vrouw, Het eenig kind, De gierigheid, Kinderverdriet, Onbehendige troostwoorden, Iets over het onderwijs der vrouw, Beloften en bedreigingen, Mijn verre neef
- Onze Rensen (1950)
- Niets is onbeduidend (compilation and commentary by A. Van Elslander, 1978)
Sole author
- In onze Vlaamsche gewesten (political essays, 1877)
- Drie novellen (essays, 1879)
- Josijntje (children's story 1883)
- Fideel en Fidelineken (children's story 1883)
- Het hoofd van 't huis en allerlei schetsen (essays, 1883)
- De spinnekop, Braaf maar niet onbedachtzaam zijn en Gevangen zijn. (children's stories 1884)
- De sledevaart (novel, 1884)
- De muisjes (children's story 1884)
- Sophie (novel, 3 parts 1885)
- De kleine Italianen (stories 1886)
- Een Sint-Nicolaasgeschenk (children's story 886)
- Van allerlei (children's story 1886)
- De bekoring (children's story 1886)
- De geschiedenis van Moorken (children's story 1886)
- Plagen en goeddoen (children's story 1886)
- Het onweder (children's story 1886)
- Een winter in het Zuiderland (Novel 1890)
- Een dure eed (Novel 1891)
- Idonia (Novel 1891)
- Eene idylle (Novel 1893)
- Een vonkje van genieen andere novellen (essays, 1893)
- De troon van Engeland (Novel 1893)
- De bruid des Heeren (Novel 1895)
- Mijnheer Connehaye (Novel 1895)
- Het land der verbeelding (Novel 1896)
- Madeleine (+ Contrasten) (Novel 1897)
- Meesterschap (Novel 1898)
- De twistappel (Novel 1904)
- Erfelijk belast (Novel 1906)
- De groote manoeuvers (Novel 1906)
- Het lot der kinderen (Novel 1906)
- Erfelijk belast (Novel 1906)
- Jonggezellen Levens (Essays 1907)
- Een revolverschot (Novel 1911)
- Bina (Essays 1915)
- Tamboer (Essays 1920)
- Van hier en elders (essays 1925)
- Volledige werken (compilation in 10 volumes 1933-36)
- Herinneringen aan Franskens (Novel 1950)
- Herinneringen (essays 1967)