Jos Vandeloo

Josephus Albertus "Jos" Vandeloo (5 September 1925 – 5 October 2015) was a Belgian writer and poet.

After the war he started working in the mine as a coal specialist and for this he travelled throughout Europe (up to 1953).

At the same time he also studied Dutch and French literature at the Royal Academy and the Higher Institute for Arts in Antwerp.

In his work he generally describes the negative impact of modern society, such as loneliness and alienation and he tries to strive for an idealistic, paradisaical environment.

His work has been translated into several European languages (such as Russian and Romanian) and he has won several awards.