Aster Berkhof

Lodewijk Paulina Van Den Bergh, known as Lode Van Den Bergh, also using the pseudonyms Aster Berkhof and Piet Visser, was a Belgian writer.

Early life

Van Den Bergh was born in Rijkevorsel on 18 June 1920. He first went to the primary school in Rijkevorsel where his father was director. For his high school he went to the Klein Seminarie in Hoogstraten. He studied Germanic philology from 1938 until 1942 at the Catholic [University of Leuven (1834–1968)|Catholic University of Leuven], and in 1946 he obtained a PhD in philosophy.

Career

Van Den Bergh began his professional career as a scientific assistant at the Catholic University of Leuven, subsequently working as a teacher at the Royal Athenaea in Antwerp, Brussels and Koekelberg. Finally he became a professor at the Saint Ignatius Faculty in Antwerp.

Partial bibliography

Rotsen in de storm, I en II Veel geluk, professor De heer in grijze mantel Meester Groenevelt Tijgers in Bengalen De man in het midden De heer des huizes De Chinese jonk Doden worden niet meer levend Dagboek van een missionaris Het huis van Mama Pondo Lieve, mooie aarde Leven in oktober Toen wij allen samen waren Mijn huis in de verte De winners De nacht van Muriel Donnadieu Octopus Dei

Over liefde gesproken
Een meisje van niks
Happy town
Met Gods geweld
Hoog spel
Beminde schurken
De winter komt
Verborgen schade
Geliefde kapelaan
Daneelken
Angelina
Bagdad Palace
De kleine revolver
Tam tam
Pipo
De naam van de vader
Alle verhalen
Dodelijk papier
De wet van Bas
Aline
De marmeren meisjes