Charles Polydore de Mont or Pol de Mont (

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, 15 April 1857 – 29 June 1931) was a

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writer and poet. After his secondary education, in French, at

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, he went to the ''Klein seminarie'' in

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. Here he wrote his first poems, which he published in one volume as ''Klimoprankske'' (1875). He studied

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at the

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, where he founded, together with

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, ''Het Pennoen''. In 1880 he was awarded the Quinquennial Prize for Flemish Literature for his poems which were published in ''Gedichten''. He started his professional career as a teacher at the ''Koninklijk Atheneum'' (E: Royal Atheneum ) in

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. In 1904 he was appointed Director of the ''Museum of Fine Arts'' in Antwerp, and a year later he was one of the co-founders of the illustrated magazine ''De Vlaamse Gids''. In 1919, he resigned his position as Director of the museum because he had been accused of Activism during

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. He became chief editor of the newspaper ''De Schelde'', where among his employees were

Paul Van Ostaijen Paul van Ostaijen (22 February 1896 – 18 March 1928) was a Belgian Dutch-language poet and writer. Nickname Van Ostaijen was born in Antwerp to Dutch father and Flemish mother. His nickname was ''Mister 1830'', derived from his habit of walk ...

and

Alice Nahon Alice Nahon (16 August 1896 – 21 May 1933) was a Belgian poet from Antwerp. Biography Alice Nahon was born in Antwerp on 23 August 1896. She was the third child in a family of eleven children. Her father, Gerard L. Nahon, was born in the Neth ...

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* Klimoprankskes (poëzie, 1875) * Rijzende sterren (poëzie, 1879) * Gedichten (poëzie, 1880) * Lentesotternijen (poëzie, 1881) * Idyllen (poëzie, 1882) * Loreley (poëzie, 1882) * Hendrik Conscience. Zijn leven en werken (studie, 1883) * Idyllen en andere gedichten (poëzie, 1884) * Fladderende vlinders (poëzie, 1885) * Claribella (poëzie, 1893) * Iris (poëzie, 1894) * Dit zijn Vlaamsche wondersprookjes (volkskundige studie, 1896) * Dit zijn Vlaamsche vertelsels (volkskundige studie, 1898) * Drie groote Vlamingen (essay, 1901) * Vlaamse schilders der negentiende eeuw (essay, 1901) * De schilderkunst in België van 1830 tot 1921 (essay, 1921) * Zomervlammen (poëzie, 1922) * Wondervertelsels uit Vlaanderen. Uit den volksmond opgeteekend (samen met Alfons De Cock, 1924)

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(Dutch) 1857 births 1931 deaths Flemish activists Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni Flemish writers {{Belgium-writer-stub

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