What is Guido Gezelle?
[[File:Guido Gezelle.jpg|thumb|Guido Gezelle]] '''Guido Gezelle''' (1 May 1830 – 27 November 1899) was a [[Roman Catholic]] [[priest]] from [[Belgium]]. He was also a [[writer]], [[translator]] and [[poet]]. Gezelle was born and died in [[Bruges]]. He became priest in 1854. Gezelle's parents were Pieter Jan Gezelle and Monica Devrieze. He was an uncle of the Flemish writer [[Stijn Streuvels]]. Gezelle is still famous now for his translation of ''[[The Song of Hiawatha]]'' by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]. == Bibliography == *Kerkhofblommen (1858) *Vlaemsche Dichtoefeningen (1858) *Kleengedichtjes (1860) *Gedichten, Gezangen en Gebeden (1862) *Longfellows Song of Hiawatha (translation, 1886) *Tijdkrans (1893) *Rijmsnoer (1897) *Laatste Verzen (1901) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gezelle, Guido}} [[Category:1830 births]] [[Category:1899 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian poets]] [[Category:Belgian Roman Catholic priests]] [[Category:Belgian writers]] [[Category:People from Bruges]] [[Category:Belgian translators]]