Karel Jonckheere was also a world traveler. He visited Cuba, Mexico, the United States, Congo, South Africa, India, Romania, the Balkans and many West-European countries. His journeys were a source of inspiration for his poems and novels.
He went to school at the Royal Athenaeum of Ostend, where he attended the scientific high school (humaniora). Afterwards high school he went to Ghent and attended the Rijksmiddelbare Normaalschool to become a teacher for secondary education (Germanic languages).
In 1946, he was appointed inspector of the public libraries.
He was a Flemish writer.
He started his professional career as a clerk in Oostende.