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Aster Berkhof

Lode Van Den Bergh
Bust of Aster Berkhof in St-Jozef-Rijkevorsel
Born(1920-06-18)18 June 1920
Rijkevorsel, Belgium
Died29 September 2020(2020-09-29) (aged 100)[1]
Brasschaat
NationalityBelgian
Other namesAster Berkhof
Piet Visser
Occupationwriter
SpouseNora Steyaert[2] (died 2020)

Lodewijk Paulina Van Den Bergh (18 June 1920 – 29 September 2020),[1] known as Lode Van Den Bergh, also using the pseudonyms Aster Berkhof[3] and Piet Visser,[4] was a Belgian writer.

Early life

Van Den Bergh was born in Rijkevorsel on 18 June 1920.[2] He first went to the primary school in Rijkevorsel where his father was director. For his high school he went to the Klein Seminarie in Hoogstraten. He studied Germanic philology from 1938 until 1942 at the Catholic University of Leuven, and in 1946 he obtained a PhD in philosophy.[2]

Career

Van Den Bergh began his professional career as a scientific assistant at the Catholic University of Leuven,[2] subsequently working as a teacher at the Royal Athenaea in Antwerp, Brussels and Koekelberg.[4] Finally he became a professor at the Saint Ignatius Faculty in Antwerp.[3]

Partial bibliography

cover illustrated by Marthe van Coppenolle
  • Rotsen in de storm, I en II (1947, novel)[5]
  • Veel geluk, professor ( 1948, novel)[5]
  • De heer in grijze mantel (1951, novel)[5]
  • Meester Groenevelt (1953, novel)[5]
  • Tijgers in Bengalen (1956, youth novel, also published under the pseudonym Piet Visser)[5]
  • De man in het midden (1957, novel)[5]
  • De heer des huizes (1958, novel)[5]
  • De Chinese jonk (1959, novel)[5]
  • Doden worden niet meer levend (1960, novel)[5]
  • Dagboek van een missionaris (1962, novel)[5]
  • Het huis van Mama Pondo (1972, novel)[5]
  • Lieve, mooie aarde (1977, novel)[5]
  • Leven in oktober (1978, novel)[5]
  • Toen wij allen samen waren (1978, novel)[5]
  • Mijn huis in de verte (1979, novel)[5]
  • De winners (1981, novel)[5]
  • De nacht van Muriel (1984, novel)[5]
  • Donnadieu (1991, novel)[5]
  • Octopus Dei (1992, novel)[5]
  • Over liefde gesproken (1993)
  • Een meisje van niks (1994)[6]
  • Happy town (1994)
  • Met Gods geweld (1996)
  • Hoog spel (1997)
  • Beminde schurken (1999)[7]
  • De winter komt (2001)
  • Verborgen schade (2001)[8]
  • Geliefde kapelaan (2002)
  • Daneelken (2003)
  • Angelina (2004)
  • Bagdad Palace (2005)
  • De kleine revolver (2005)
  • Tam tam (2006)
  • Pipo (2007)
  • De naam van de vader (2008)
  • Alle verhalen (2009)
  • Dodelijk papier (2010)
  • De wet van Bas (2011)[9]
  • Aline (2013)
  • De marmeren meisjes ( 2013)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Schrijver Aster Berkhof (bekend van "Veel geluk, professor!") is gestorven". Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Rita Bouckaert-Ghesquiere. "Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b "De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1985. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "ASTER BERKHOF". Schrijversgewijs (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Oorspronkelijke publicaties van Aster Berkhof". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Een meisje van niks | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Beminde schurken : roman | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Geliefde kapelaan : roman | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  9. ^ Aster Berkhof (2011). De wet van Bas. Houtekiet, Antwerp. ISBN 9789089241757.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aster_Berkhof