Walter van den Broeck explained

Walter Stefaan Karel van den Broeck (Olen 28 March 1941 – Turnhout 5 February 2024) was a Belgian writer and playwright. He graduated as a teacher in Dutch and History (Lier), and he started his career as a teacher.

Life and career

Walter Stefaan Karel van den Broeck was born in Olen on 28 March 1941. In 1965, he founded the magazine Heibel with and . In 1974 he resigned as a teacher and became chief editor of Turnhout Ekspres, and from 1979 he was a member of the editorial team of the Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift.

Broeck became well known through his play Groenten uit Balen and the novel Brief aan Boudewijn, which was followed by the tetralogy Het beleg van Laken.

In 2010 he wrote the script for a comic book by Reinhart.[1] [2]

Broeck died in Turnhout on 5 February 2024, at the age of 82.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walter van den Broeck stripscenarist. 26 March 2010.
  2. Web site: Reinhart.
  3. https://www.dekrantenkoppen.be/detail/2316597/kempens-auteur-walter-van-den-broeck-groenten-uit-balen-overleden.html Kempens auteur Walter van den Broeck (Groenten uit Balen) overleden