Maurits Karel Maria Willem Sabbe (Bruges

Bruges

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, 9 February 1873- Antwerp, 12 February 1938) was a Flemish

Flanders

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 writer. He was a son of Julius Sabbe

Julius Sabbe

Julius Ludovicus Maria Sabbe was a Flemish publisher and an active member of the Flemish movement...

 and the eldest of seven children. He married Gabriëlla De Smet.

Career

He started his career as a teacher Dutch at the Royal Athenaeum in Bruges. In 1903, he became a teacher in Mechelen

Mechelen

Mechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...

. As from 1907 he also taught at the theatre class of the Royal Flemish Academy of Antwerp. In 1919 he became Director of the Plantin-Moretus Museum

Plantin-Moretus Museum

The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium honouring the famous printers Christoffel Plantijn and Jan Moretus. It is located in their former residence and printing establishment, Plantin Press, at the Friday Market.- History :...

 in Antwerp and as from 1923 he became professor at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Université Libre de Bruxelles

The Université libre de Bruxelles is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.-Name:...

. He was buried at the Schoonselhof Cemetery

Schoonselhof Cemetery

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in Antwerp. A statue of the writer was revealed in 1950, and stands at the Sashuis near the Minnewater in Bruges.

Source

• Maurits Sabbe
• Maurits Sabbe (Maurits Sabbe school)