Every now and then she has to open doors for colleagues of the Red Cross aid agency, but she also writes love letters to Ludovic who works as a ticket inspector for the National Railway Company. Although she never gets a reply she has no intention of giving up her love for the man who once caught a glimpse of her red knickers. She decides to deliver the thousandth letter to Ludovic's house personally.
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Ivo Michiels
Ivo Michiels (b. 1923) was born as Henri Ceuppens into a rural Catholic family in Mortsel near Antwerp. After the war, and through self-study, cultural contacts and travel, he acquired the knowledge he needed for the broad range of jobs he had during his life. In addition to being a novelist he was a journalist, founded leading magazines and taught at art and drama schools. Moreover, Michiels worked on programmes for Belgian radio and television and wrote scenarios for short films, films and documentaries. His work has won various prizes in the Netherlands and Belgium.