Geert Bekaert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Geert Bekaert

Belgian art and architecture critic and historian

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1928

Place of Birth: Kortrijk, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 11-Sep-2016

Profession: university teacher, art historian, art critic, architecture critic

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Geert Bekaert (1928–2016) was a Belgian architectural critic and writer on art and design.
He was one of the most prolific non-fiction writers in the Dutch language of the late 20th-century.
As a young man he was for some years a member of the Society of Jesus.Bekaert's collected essays were published in nine volumes, 1985–2012.
A selection of his essays has been published in English translation under the title Rooted in the Real (Ghent, 2008).In 2006 Ghent University acquired his library for its Faculty of Engineering and Architecture.