Belgian journalist and politician
Born in Antwerp 1942

Koen Calliauw was an eternal rebel.
"The conflict is the engine of progress",
was his motto.

In the 1960s he belonged to the circle
the singers Ferre Grignard and Wannes Van de Velde,
with whom he rebelled against the destruction
of the city's historical heritage.

Old rat in the field of campaigning and journalism.
First publications at the age of fourteen
in trade union magazines (ABVV)

Later professional journalist as, among others
editor-in-chief of the communist weekly
De Rode Vaan (KP). Known for its commitment
as an experienced expert in the world of poverty.
With its themes such as homelessness, psychiatry,
addiction diseases, prostitution, prison, ...