Loveling, Virginie (1836–1923)

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Loveling, Virginie (1836–1923)

Belgian poet and novelist. Name variations: (pseudonym) Louis Bonheyden. Born May 17, 1836, in Nevele, Belgium; died Dec 1, 1923, in Ghent; dau. of Herman Anton Loveling and Marie Loveling; sister of Paulina Loveling Buysse and Rosalie Loveling (1834–1875); aunt of Cyriel Buysse (1859–1932, novelist and playwright).

With sister Rosalie, published Gedichten (1870), Novellen (1874), and Nieuwe novellen (1876); after sister's death, wrote In onze Vlaamsche Gewesten (1877), Sophie (1885), Een dure eed (1891), Een revolverschot (1911), among others; with nephew Cyriel Buysse (son of Pauline), wrote Levensleer (A Philosophy of Life, 1912), under pseudonym Louis Bonheyden.

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