Statue of Maurice Gilliams

This statue of Maurice Gilliams, a Flemish writer and poet, born in Antwerp, Belgium. He worked as a typographer, eventually making his break into literature at the age of 35 with his autobiographical novel Elias of het gevecht met de nachtegalen. Maurice Gilliams always wrote autobiographical, generally concerning his failed marriage and his lost youth. He wrote both to poems and prose. In the garden of the Elzenveld in Antwerp stands this statue of him by Rik Poot.