Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck

Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck

Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck (Eeklo, 9 November, 1805- Ghent, 19 March, 1847 was a Flemish writer. He was of humble origin, but became extraordinary Professor at the University of Ghent. He started his career as a clerk, then became a judge, and school inspector before he came to teach at the university.

In 1836, he published the poem "Het klavier" (E:the keyboard), but he made his actual debut in 1938, with the poems in "Bloemen mijner lente" (E: flowers of my spring). His initial work was strongly influenced by the English and French Romantic movement, and more specifically by Byron and Lamartine, in contrast to his later poems, which were rather pessimistic. With his "Drie zustersteden" of 1843, dedicated to the cities of Ghent, Bruges and Antwerp, which was called the poetic gospel of the Flemish movement, he achieved a breakthrough. In this trilogy he showed himself to be the best Flemish poet of his generation. In his, now somewhat exalted or melancholic, style he proclaimed his love for the Flemish people and his belief in their future.

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* Flemish literature

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