- He studied Germanic philology from 1938 until 1942 at the Catholic University of Leuven, and in 1946 he obtained a PhD in philosophy.
- As a writer he used the pseudonyms Aster Berkhof and Piet Visser.
- 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.
- He first went to the primary school in Rijkevorsel where his father was director.
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