About the author

Lode Baekelmans (1879–1965) was a Belgian Flemish writer. Public information about his life and education is limited; what can be confirmed is that he was known chiefly as a novelist, and his representative work is Mijnheer Snepvangers. His writings draw largely on city life in Antwerp, depicting the daily routines, human relations and street-level atmosphere of its inhabitants with a distinct local color. Baekelmans had a keen eye for character and the texture of ordinary urban experience, and his plain, observant style gives vivid expression to Antwerp in Flemish literary writing. His work belongs to the tradition of Flemish regional literature in the first half of the twentieth century; though not widely known internationally, it is significant for preserving and portraying the urban culture of Antwerp. One of his works is currently held in this collection.

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