and Van Kerckhovens strive to make the Flemish movement more liberal, led as from 1846 to a split with Hendrik Conscience, who saw more in the alignment of the Flemish movement to the catholic politicians. The conflict escalated fast and it became, in 1847, a bitter feud which was fought out in the Antwerp magazines De Roskam en De Schrobber. In the leaflet De Vlaemsche Beweging (1847), aimed against Conscience and his allies, Van Kerckhoven displayed his brio as a polemist. In these years it went well for Van Kerckhoven as he became a city clerk and published with Ziel en lichaem (1848) and the novel Liefde (1851) the pinnacle of his literary oeuvre. Moreover, he tirelessly contributes to the Vlaemsche Rederyker, a literature-critical illustrated magazine, of which he had been head editor since 1847. In 1852, Van Kerckhoven was even raised to knight in the Leopold order. however at the beginning of 1857 he became seriously ill. He appeared to suffer from tuberculosis and died some months later, aged 38. Bibliography Gozewijn, graef van Strijen (1841) Jaek of een arm huisgezin (1842) De koopmansklerk (1843) Daniël (1845) Gedichten en balladen (1846) De Vlaemsche Beweging (1847) Richilde (1847) Ziel en lichaem (1848) Liefde (1851) - published again in 1971 by Hubert Lampo. Boer en edel (1853) De dronkaerd (1854) Twee goddeloozen (1857) See also Flemish literature References Sources , Vier Vlaamsche prozaschrijvers, Antwerpen, 1931. Contactgroep 19de eeuw. Dr. F. A. Snellaertcomité, Vierde colloquium: Pieter Frans Van Kerckhoven, 1818–1857, Antwerpen, 1989. ed., Hoofdstukken uit de geschiedenis van de Vlaamse letterkunde in de negentiende eeuw (Studies op het gebied van de moderne Nederlandse literatuur, nr. 1-4-6), 3 vol., Gent, 1999. Gobbers, Walter, 'Kerckhoven, Pieter F. van', in: , II, Tielt, 1998, 1684–1685. Sleeckx, D., Indrukken en ervaringen, L. Simons ed. (Herdrukken uit de Zuidnederlandse Letterkunde), Beveren, 1982. Van Kerckhoven, P. F., Liefde 1843, een liefdesroman in briefvorm, H. Lampo ed., Antwerpen, 1971. 1818 births 1857 deaths Flemish writers Flemish activists