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Streuvels Stijn
(1871—1969)

Flemish novelist and short-story writer; nephew of Guido Gezelle. Streuvels’s works are realistic, moving portrayals of everyday life. His early novels show the influence of Russian fatalism; De Vlaschaard (1907), his masterpiece, strikes a more optimistic note. The short-story collection The Path of Life (1899, tr. 1915), the novels Old Jan (1902, tr. 1936) and Werkmenschen (1927), and an autobiography (1966) are among his other works.

Belgium, 1971, Stijn Streuvels

Belgium, 2011, House of Stijn Streuvels