Mr. Ruyslinck was born in Berchem, Belgium, on June 17, 1929. He was the son of Leo De Belser and Germaine Nauwelaers. His father was librarian at an oil company, and Ward Ruyslinck grew up in a Roman Catholic family. During the war the family moved to Mortsel.
At age 12, Ward Ruyslinck had written a novel, Vaargeulen (in English, Channels). His father, who himself wrote the novel Gepantserde Beschaving (Armoured Civilization), sent his son's novel to Stijn Streuvels, who returned the novel unread but with an accompanying letter full of recommendations. The manuscript was lost during an air raid in 1943, which devastated their house. He wrote a number of poems and stories, some of which were published in the daily Het Vlaamsche land.
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 brother's death, which were distributed among family and friends.
He has worked as a translator for a traveling agency and at an oil company. Mr. Ruyslinck was also appointed curator of the picture collection of the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp. In 1964, he moved to Pulle and wrote the novel Het reservaat about the illusion of individual freedom.
During the sixties and seventies he traveled a great deal to research magazine articles and visited Poland, the Soviet Union, Canada, and Argentina. In 1975, he became a member of The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium, and Ward Ruyslinck became its president in 1985.
Ward Ruyslinck retired in 1984. 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.
Mr. Ruyslinck's work combines social commitment with a pessimistic view of life, humor, and satire.
Mr. Ruyslinck, who had from Alzheimer's disease, died on 3 October 2014 in a retirement home in Meise.
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(Wurgtechnieken (Gmp) (Dutch Edition) [Ward Ruyslinck])
(De speeltuin (Gmp) (Dutch Edition) [Ward Ruyslinck])
(Traumachia: Roman (Dutch Edition) [Ward Ruyslinck])
(Het geboortehuis (Dutch Edition) [Ward Ruyslinck])
(Alle verhalen (Dutch Edition) [Ward Ruyslinck])
(In Naam van de Beesten [Ward Ruyslinck])
(Golden Ophelia [Ward Ruyslinck, D. Smith])
(Het Ganzenbord [Ward Ruyslinck])
(Deadbeats [Ward Ruyslinck, R.B. Powell])
He married Alice Burm, and together they have one son, Chris.
