Music hall paul van ostaijen biography

Leopold Andreas van Ostaijen is the seventh and last son of emigrate Dutchman Hendrik Pieter van Ostaijen, professional plumber, and the Flemish Maria Antoinetta Berben-Engelen.

Music hall paul van ostaijen biography

After no luck in three upper schools, he goes to the Royal Athenaeum in Antwerp. There he participates in the association of Antwerp Athenaeum students, the Vlaamsche Bond. At 18, he leaves school, without a diploma, and a few months later finds a small job as a clerk at the Antwerp City Hall.

At the outbreak of World War I, the Van Ostaijen family flees to Holland for a short time.

Once back, the writing clerk joins (again) in the fray of the cultural and social life where he meets painters and other writers.

As a journalist, Van Ostaijen worked with such papers as Carolus, Vlaamsche Gazet, Het Tooneel, De Antwerpse Courant, Ons Land and De Goedendag.

Although he originally was moderate in expression, there are quickly radical Flemish-leaning views to be seen in his journ