VAN NU EN STRAKS CIRCLE

group of writers associated with an influential Flemish review, Van Nu en Straks (Today and Tomorrow; 189394 and 18961901). Though holding a variety of opinions, they strove for an art that should comprehend all human activity and give universal significance to individual feelings. Led by August Vermeylen, they included Prosper van Langendonck, Emmanuel Karel de Bom, and Alfred Hegenscheidt. Van Nu en Straks gave Flemish literature a European importance.