Aster Berkhof
Lous Paulina Van Den Bergh, known as Lode Van Den Bergh, also using the pseudonyms Aster Berkhof and Piet Visser, is a Belgian writer. He was married to Nora Steyaert who died on 16 March 2020. Van Den Bergh was born in Rijkevorsel.Education
He first went to the primary school in Rijkevorsel where his father was director. For his high school he went to the Klein Seminarie in Hoogstraten. He studied Germanic philology from 1938 until 1942 at the Catholic University of Leuven, and in 1946 he obtained a PhD in philosophy.Career
He started his career as a monitor at the Catholic University of Leuven, subsequently he worked as a teacher at the Royal Athenaea in Antwerp, Brussels and Koekelberg. Finally he became a professor at the Saint Ignatius Faculty in Antwerp.
