 His journalistic career began in 1959 when he became cultural editor of "Het Laatste Nieuws", where he published articles on literature, visual arts and jazz.Between 1981 and 1993 he was deputy director and acting director of the Flemish Cultural Centre "De Brakke Grond" in Amsterdam, where he organized exhibitions of important Flemish artists and literary evenings with Flemish and Dutch authors.From 1982 to 1989, and again from 2006, he served as president of the Louis Paul Boon Society.