Portrait of Guido Gezelle

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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