Hubert Krains
Hubert Krains was a Belgian author who wrote two novels, five short-story collections and a collection of essays. His fiction focuses on peasant life, employs a simple and direct style, and is predominantly tragic in tone.
Life
Born in Brussels, Krains became a member of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique. He wrote essays and became famous with Portraits d'écrivains belges, a collection of essays on Belgian writers. Krains died in a train accident. A prize is named in his honour.Works
- "Le pain noir" – short story anthologized in À la gloire de la Belgique, edited by Jan Greshoff, pp. 237–241.