In Flanders there has been since approximacely 1990 a certain rise of literarybiographies. It has generally been accepted that the ideal biography is aquestion of finding the right dialogue between literature and science, andthat the value of the biography is determined, in good as well as in bad ways,by the talent of the biographer. Recent research on the literary canon wasespecially focused on the personal publications, the group-participation, possibleside-activicies in literary regions and the positive reception of the workof the subject. Nevertheless a large number of less-important writers hasinfluenced the perception of the literal history. The contemporary literarycanon is only of secondary importance to determinate the choice of the biographer.Especially admiration, identification and the will of rehabilitationstimulate him to write down a certain live-story.
