Guido Gezelle
Belgian poet, journalist, teacher, monastery director and priest
- Lived
- 1830–1899
- Country
- Belgium
- Also writes as
- Trim, Loquela, Spoker, W(est) Vl(aming)
Updated September 2026
About Guido Gezelle
Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle was an influential writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium. He is famous for the use of the West Flemish dialect, but he also wrote in other languages like Dutch, English, French, German, Latin and Greek.
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