About Christine D'haen
Lived 1923 – 2009 (aged 85). Christine D'haen was a Belgian poet and writer.
Christine D'haen (25 October 1923 – 3 September 2009) was a Flemish author and poet. She was born in Sint-Amandsberg and died at Bruges.
D'haen studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent and continued her studies in Amsterdam and Edinburgh. She settled in Bruges and became a teacher at high school. She made an inventory of the handwritings of Guido Gezelle while working at the Gezelle archive. She wrote a biography of Guido Gezelle and also translated work of Hugo Claus into English.
In 1958 her first book of poetry, Gedichten 1946–1958 (Poems 1946–1958), was published.
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Who was Christine D'haen?
Belgian writer (1923–2009)
When was Christine D'haen born?
Christine D'haen was born on 25 October 1923 in Sint-Amandsberg.
When did Christine D'haen die?
Christine D'haen died on 3 September 2009 in Bruges.
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Christine D'haen was a poet and writer.
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Christine D'haen was Belgian.
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