Christine D'haen

Christine D'haen
Born (1923-10-25)25 October 1923
Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium
Died 3 September 2009(2009-09-03) (aged 85)
Bruges, Belgium
Nationality Belgium
Occupation poet, 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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