Stijn Streuvels

Stijn Streuvels (3 October 1871, Heule, Kortrijk – 15 August 1969, Ingooigem, Anzegem), born Franciscus (Frank) Petrus Maria Lateur, was a Belgian writer.
His real name was Frank Lateur.
When he was young, Streuvels worked as a baker. 
The Flemish writer Guido Gezelle was his uncle. Gezelle inspired him to become himself a writer.
His house in Ingooigem is now a Streuvels museum.
Two times he got a nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Translations.
Streuvels' books have been translated and published in Afrikaans, Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Latvian, Malay, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish.