Franciscus "Frank" Petrus Maria Lateur (3 October 1871 – 15 August 1969), known as Stijn Streuvels (Dutch pronunciation: [stɛin ˈstrøːvəls]), was a Flemish Belgian writer.

[1] Initially his work was published in an insignificant magazine, De jonge Vlaming (The young Fleming).

After their first encounter, Emmanuel de Bom became his mentor and advised him to publish his work in book form.

Streuvels work usually deals with the rural life of poor farmers in Flanders.

In 1937 and 1938 Streuvels garnered the majority of the Nobel Committee votes for his receiving the literature Nobel Prize, but each time the academy awarded the prize to someone else: in 1937 he had to give way to Roger Martin du Gard and in 1938 to a new discovery, Pearl Buck.