Gerard Walschap
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Jacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap (Londerzeel-St. Jozef, 9 July, 1898-Antwerp, 25 October, 1989), was a Belgian writer.
He went to highschool at the Klein seminarie in Hoogstraten, and later in Asse. His Flemish awareness was in these days encouraged by the priest and poet Jan Hammenecker. In Leuven, he entered the school for priests, but did not finish them to be ordained as a priest.
In 1923, he became secretary at the redaction of the weekly magazine Het Vlaamsche land (E: Flemish country). In 1925, he married with Marie-Antoinette Theunissen in Maaseik, and a year later their son, Hugo is born. Alice Nahon acts as a nurse and write a poem to the occasion Aan Hugo's fijne stemmeke (E: To Hugo’s fine voice). In 1927, his second son, Guido, is born. In 1930, his third son, Lieven, is born, and in 1932, his daughter Caroline (Carla Walschap). In 1935, he narrowly escapes death, as he becomes a victim of carbon monoxide poisoning in the bathroom, but he is saved by his spouse. His fourth son, Bruno, was born in 1938.
