What is Gaston Van Camp?
{{Infobox person | name = Gaston Van Camp | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|2|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Beerzel]], Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|9|29|1939|2|5|df=y}} | death_place = [[Herentals]], Belgium | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Belgian | occupation = author | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Gaston Van Camp''' (5 February 1939 – 29 September 2022) was a Belgian author.<ref name=auto>[https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/10/02/twee-jeugdauteurs-overleden-in-provincie-antwerpen/ Provincie Antwerpen verliest twee jeugdauteurs: Gerda van Cleemput (86) en Gaston Van Camp (83) overleden]</ref> Van Camp was a secodary teacher in [[Mechelen]]. He started writing children's books in the 1960s. He is known for, among other things, ''Ik ben Harry van de achterbuurt'' from 1975. Later he also started writing thrillers. In 2005 he wrote his last book: ''De zaak Aurelia''.<ref name=auto /> In his books he used elements from his own experience as a teacher, his many travels and his extensive knowledge of Western history and general history. Van Camp died in the hospital of [[Herentals]] on 28 November 2022 at the age of 83.<ref>[https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20221001_96093196 Bekende Beerzelse schrijver Gaston Van Camp (83) overleden: “We herinneren hem als een zachte man”], [[Het Nieuwsblad]]</ref><ref name=auto /><ref>[https://www.verwilt.be/detail/van-camp-gaston Van Camp Gaston] verwilt.be</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Camp, Gaston}} {{Bio-stub}} [[Category:Belgian writers]] [[Category:Teachers]] [[Category:Belgian educators]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:1930 births]]