author
Eugène de Bock
1889–1981
A key figure in 20th-century Flemish literary life, he combined writing with a publisher’s eye for discovering and supporting books. He is especially remembered for founding De Sikkel and for his historical and biographical works on Flemish literature and culture.
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Hendrik Conscience, zijn persoon en zijn werk
by Eugène de Bock
About the author
Born in Borgerhout in 1889 and later dying in Schoten in 1981, Eugène de Bock was a Flemish author, publisher, and energetic promoter of books. He studied in Antwerp, became active in literary circles at a young age, and also wrote under the pen name Sinjoor.
He played an important role in Belgian publishing by founding and directing De Sikkel, a notable Flemish publishing house. Sources also credit him with helping to establish the Vereniging ter bevordering van het Vlaamse Boekwezen, reflecting how much of his career was devoted not just to writing, but to building a wider literary culture.
As an author, he wrote biographies, literary history, and broader historical works. Among the subjects he wrote about were Hendrik Conscience and Lode Baekelmans, and he is also known for works on Flemish literature, the history of bookselling in the Low Countries, and the series De Nederlanden.