Roger Van de Velde

Roger Van de Velde, born in 1925, was a journalist at De Nieuwe Gazet. Due to his addiction to Palfium, he was committed numerous times from 1961 onwards and wrote De knetterende schedels, among other works, while in psychiatric institutions. In 1970, he was discharged, received the Arkprijs voor het Vrije Woord and died from an overdose on the terrace of an Antwerp café.