- Julius Vuylsteke
Julius Vuylsteke (
Ghent ,10 November ,1836 -Ghent ,16 January ,1903 was a Belgian liberal politician and writer. He started his career as a lawyer, but later opened a bookshop. As a liberal Flemishpolitician , he founded the liberal association't zal wel gaan , and he played an important role in theFlemish movement . Julius Vuylsteke promoted cultural cooperation ofFlanders withthe Netherlands . He became President of theWillemsfonds , and after his political career he gave his attention mainly to the history of Flanders. In 1867, he founded the Flemish weekly "Het Volksbelang", which appeared for the first time on12 January 1867 . In 1867,Julius De Vigne was one of the editors together withJulius Sabbe ,Jozef Van Hoorde , andAdolf Hoste .Julius Vuylsteke wrote romantic Flemish nationalistic poems, while he was still a student, which were published in "Zwijgende liefde" (1860) and "Uit het studentenleven en andere gedichten" (1868). In 1903, after his death, his political essays and poems were published in "Klauwaard en Geus".
Bibliography
* Zwijgende liefde (1860)
* Le question flamande et le libéralisme (1861)
* Uit het studentenleven en andere gedichten (1868)
* Verzamelde gedichten (1881)
* Verzamelde prozastukken (1887-1891)
* Oorkondenboek van de stad Gent, dl. 1 (1900)
* Klauwaard en Geus (1905)ee also
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Flemish literature ource
* [http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=vuyl003 Julius Vuylsteke]
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