What is Pol de Mont?
'''Charles Polydore de Mont''' or '''Pol de Mont''' (15 April 1857, [[Wambeek]] – 29 June 1931, [[Berlin]]) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[writer]], [[journalist]] and [[poet]]. He studied [[law]] at the [[Catholic University of Leuven]]. There he met [[Albrecht Rodenbach]] and the two became involved in the [[ Flemish Movement]]. He then became a teacher at the Atheneum of Antwerp, where he inspired many students. Later he became director of the [[Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp]]. As chief editor of the newspaper ''De Schelde'' he had in his team the writers [[Paul Van Ostaijen]] and [[Alice Nahon]]. == Works == *Klimoprankskes (poems, 1875) *Rijzende sterren (poems, 1879) *Gedichten (poëzie, 1880) *Lentesotternijen (poems, 1881) *Idyllen (poems, 1882) *Loreley (poems, 1882) *Hendrik Conscience. Zijn leven en werken (essay, 1883) *Idyllen en andere gedichten (poems, 1884) *Fladderende vlinders (poems, 1885) *Claribella (poems, 1893) *Iris (poems, 1894) *Dit zijn Vlaamsche wondersprookjes (volkskundige studie, 1896) *Dit zijn Vlaamsche vertelsels (volkskundige studie, 1898) *Drie groote Vlamingen (essay, 1901) *Vlaamse schilders der negentiende eeuw (essay, 1901) *De schilderkunst in België van 1830 tot 1921 (essay, 1921) *Zomervlammen (poems, 1922) *Wondervertelsels uit Vlaanderen. Uit den volksmond opgeteekend (co-author: Alfons De Cock, 1924) {{DEFAULTSORT:de Mont, Pol}} [[Category:1857 births]] [[Category:1931 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian journalists]] [[Category:Belgian poets]] [[Category:Belgian writers]] [[Category:People from Flemish Brabant]]