Poet, playwright and politician (1856–1880).
Born October 27th, 1856 in Roeselare.
Died June 23rd, 1880 at 23 years old in Roeselare (tuberculosis).
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde