GILKIN, IWAN (1858-1924), Belgian poet, was born at Brussels on Jan. 7, 1858. He was a member of the group of poets known as La jeune Belgique, and his earlier work shows strongly the influence of Baudelaire. He wrote Damnation de l'artiste (189o), Tenebres (1892), and other poems collected under the title of La Nuit (1897). Other volumes of verse followed. His most individual work is to be found in his dramatic poem, Promethee (1899), and the blank verse drama, Le Roi Cophetua. Gilkin died at Brussels on Sept. 30, 1924