Jef Geeraerts
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Jef Geeraerts is a Flemish
writer
. He was a colonial
administrator in Belgian Congo
. On the independence of the Congo he sent his wife and children back to Belgium
and in August 1960 he himself returned to Belgium. During the next six years he was paid by the government (return program). After that time he needed to find a job to survive. He decided to become a writer and went to the University of Brussels to study Germanic languages
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and Dossier K) have been filmed.
(1989 GJ4) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on April 3, 1989 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory named after Jef Geeraerts
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. He was a colonial
Colonialism
Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by...
administrator in Belgian Congo
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.-Congo Free State, 1884–1908:Until the latter...
. On the independence of the Congo he sent his wife and children back to Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and in August 1960 he himself returned to Belgium. During the next six years he was paid by the government (return program). After that time he needed to find a job to survive. He decided to become a writer and went to the University of Brussels to study Germanic languages
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
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Career as a writer
When he had finished his studies he wrote his first novel: Ik ben maar een neger ("I'm just a negro") which put him on the map as extremely controversial. He wrote more of these politically motivated colonial books before he started his Gangreen series. There are 4 parts, Gangreen 1 (Black Venus), Gangreen 2 (De Goede Moordenaar), Gangreen 3 (Het Teken van de Hond) and Gangreen 4 (Het Zevende Zegel). Later he became famous for his detective stories. Nowadays he is a celebrated crime-novelist and several of his books (De zaak AlzheimerThe Alzheimer Case
The Alzheimer Case is a 2003 film directed by Erik Van Looy, based on the novel De Zaak Alzheimer by Jef Geeraerts....
and Dossier K) have been filmed.
Main-belt Asteroid
The 13027 Geeraerts13027 Geeraerts
13027 Geeraerts is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1989 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.- External links :*...
(1989 GJ4) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on April 3, 1989 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory named after Jef Geeraerts