Gabriëlle Demedts
Gabriëlle Demedts (Wielsbeke, June 11, 1909 – Kortrijk, September 6, 2002) was a Flemish Belgian poet.[1][2][3] She was a sibling of André Demedts. In 1934 she wrote her first poems and in 1937 she publish her first work "Een gevangene zingt" (The prisoner sings). As a young child she was struck by Poliomyelitis which has determined the rest of her life.
Gabriëlle Demedts | |
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 Gabriëlle Demedts together with her brother André Demedts and with the Declercq family, around 1923. | |
| Born | Wielsbeke, Belgium |
| Died | Kortrijk, Belgium |
| Pen name | Maria Houtland |
| Language | Dutch |
| Nationality | Belgium |
| Citizenship | Belgium |
References
- H. van Buuren, ‘Is dit genoeg?’, in: Wending 36 (1981) 10, p. 562-566
- Verthé, ‘Aandacht voor … Gabriëlle Demedts’, in: Vlaanderen 43 (1994) 251, p. 105-107
- Chr. D’Haen, ‘Gabriëlle Demedts’, in: Verslagen en Medededelingen Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde (1997) 1, p. 37-42.
Bibliography
- Een gevangene zingt (1937) (The prisoner sings)
- Een twijg in de wind (1939) (A twig in the wind)
- Morgen is alles uit (1940) (Tomorrow all is over)
- Verloren thuis (1946) (Lost home)
- De doorgang (1957) (Trespass)
- Levensberichten en liederen (1974) (Poems and Songs about life)
- Klanken van eeuwigheid in aardse stem (1974) (Songs of eternity in an earthly voice)
- Verzamelde gedichten (1979) (Collected poems)
External links
- Biography and Bibliography Iris Van de Casteele, De Poëzietuin, 11 februari 1994
- Biography and Bibliography Louis' Thuispagina – VLAAMSE SCHRIJVERS
- Biography and Bibliography gedichten.nl: biografie
- Bibliography Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren
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