Ivo Michiels Explained

Ivo Michiels
Pseudonym:Ivo Michiels
Birth Name:Henri Ceuppens
Birth Date:1923 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Mortsel, Belgium
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Le Barroux, France
Occupation:Writer
Notableworks:Seagulls Die in the Harbour

Henri Paul René Ceuppens (8 January 1923  - 7 October 2012), who wrote under the pseudonym Ivo Michiels, was a Belgian writer.[1]

Biography

Michiels was born in Mortsel. During World War II he was employed as a nurse in a hospital in Lübeck in Germany. He worked as a laboratory assistant for a while, and from 1948 up to 1957 he worked as a journalist at Het Handelsblad. In 1965, he married Christiane Faes. From 1957 up to 1978 he worked at the publisher Ontwikkeling (E: Development).

From 1959 until 1983 he was editor, and editorial secretary of the Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift. From 1966 up to 1978 he also taught at the Hoger Rijksinstituut voor Toneel- en Cultuurspreiding in Brussels. In 1979, he established himself as a full-time writer in the Vaucluse (France). He died, aged 89, in Le Barroux.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ivo Michiels overleden – De Standaard . Standaard.be . 2009-04-30 . 2012-10-07.