Maurits Sabbe

Maurits Karel Maria Willem Sabbe (Bruges, 9 February 1873 – Antwerp, 12 February 1938) was a Flemish writer. He was a son of Julius Sabbe and the eldest of seven children. He married Gabriëlla De Smet.

Education

He studied philosophy and literature at the University of Ghent.

Career

He started his career as a teacher Dutch at the Royal Athenaeum in Bruges. In 1903, he became a teacher in Mechelen. As from 1907 he also taught at the theatre class of the Royal Flemish Academy of Antwerp. In 1919 he became Director of the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp and as from 1923 he became professor at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. He was buried at the Schoonselhof Cemetery in Antwerp. A statue of the writer was revealed in 1950, and stands at the Sashuis near the Minnewater in Bruges.

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