Ward Ruyslinck, pseudoniem van Raymond Charles Marie De Belser, is een Vlaamse schrijver.Ward Ruyslinck in de Nederlandstalige WikipediaWard Ruyslinck in de Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse LetterenWard Ruyslinck bij "Schrijversgewijs"Ward Ruyslinck, pseudonym of Raymond Charles Marie De Belser, is a Flemish writer.Ward Ruyslinck in the English Wikipedia
In 1980, he was awarded the first Europalia prize for his entire oeuvre.
In 1957, he published the short story De ontaarde slapers (The depraved sleepers ), about one of his main themes - the unequal battle between individuals and their communities.
After he finished high school in 1947, he attended the University of Ghent to study Germanic philology. He dropped out after a year, which he has claimed was a consequence of the deep impact on him of the death of his older brother in 1948. He wrote five poems on the occasion of his brothers death, which were distributed among family and friends.
During the sixties and seventies he traveled a great deal to research magazine articles and visited Poland, the Soviet Union, Canada, and Argentina.
In 1961, with the novel Het dal van Hinnom, he broke with church and society.
His most widely read book Wierook en tranen (nl) ("Incense and Tears") was published in 1958.
Ruyslincks work combines social commitment with a pessimistic view of life, humor, and satire.
After the suicide of his wife in 1990, he moved to Meise to live with his mistress Monika Lo Cascio. Ward Ruyslinck and Monika Lo Cascio jointly wrote the autobiographical novel De speeltuin ("The Playground") in 1992.
In 1975, he became a member of The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium, and he became its president in 1985.
Ruyslincks work combines social commitment with a pessimistic view of life, humor, and satire. Several of his works were adapted for theatre. De slakken, Golden Ophelia, and Wierook en tranen were made into movies.
