What is Hans Devroe?
{{Infobox person | name = Hans Devroe | image = Hans Devroe (cropped).jpg | caption = Devroe in 2013 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|8|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bruges]], Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|22|1939|8|23|df=y}} | death_place = [[Leuven]], Belgium | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Belgian | occupation = writer | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Hans Devroe''' who used [[pseudonym]] '''Hans Inne''' (23 August 1939 – 22 November 2022) was a Belgian writer.<ref name=dbnl>{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=devr002 |title=Hans Devroe|work=dbnl|date=25 November 2022|access-date=25 November 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.pues.be/sites/default/files/rouwbrieven/HansDevroe_2022BQKMB_PROEF.pdf|title=Hans Devroe (death announcement)|work=pues.be|date=25 November 2022|access-date=25 November 2022|language=nl|archive-date=25 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125052842/https://www.pues.be/sites/default/files/rouwbrieven/HansDevroe_2022BQKMB_PROEF.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Devroe was one of the seven children of politicians [[Jozef Devroe]] and his wife [[Nora Puype]]. He studied at the Sint-Lodewijkscollege in [[Bruges]] and studied afterwards Germanic Philology at [[KU Leuven]] and Applied Linguistics at the Postuniversity Center in [[Diepenbeek]]. From 1980 he worked for ''[[De Standaard]]'', ''[[Het Nieuwsblad]]'' and ''[[Radio 3]]'' as an employee for culture and science topics. Also in 1980 he started the very first '[[creative writing]]' course in the Dutch language area in [[Leuven]] and founded for that the ''Universitaire Werkgroep Literatuur en Media'' (translated: University Workgroup Literature and Media). He was editorial secretary of the magazine ''Wel'' from 1982.<ref name=dbnl /><ref name=ref2 /> Devroe died in Leuven on 22 November 2022, at the age of 92.<ref name=ref2 /> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://uwel.welkomstraat.be