Leon Helena Sylvain Nolens (born 11 April 1947 in Bree), pseudonym Leonard Nolens, is a Belgian poet and diary writer. [1] He graduated from the Hoger Instituut voor Vertalers en Tolken in Antwerp.
Nolens lives and works in Antwerp. Themes in his writings include love and ways to escape one's identity.
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