Wies Moens

Wies Moens
Wies Moens
Born	28 January 1898; Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, Belgium
Died	5 February 1982 (aged 84); Neerbeek, Limburg, Netherlands
Nationality	Belgium
Occupation	historian, poet, writer

Wies Moens (28 January 1898 – 5 February 1982) was a literary historian, poet and pamphleteer from Flanders. He was also a founding member of the Verdinaso, but left the movement after its change of course in 1934.

He was born in Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, the only child of baker Karel Moens and Johanna Moreels. Between 1916 and 1918 he studied German philology at Von Bissing University (the Flemish version of the University of Ghent set up during the German occupation). He was a member of the Flemish Movement, and after the First World War he was imprisoned for his activities during the war. The Flemish Literary Society requested his release through a petition signed by many, and in March 1921 Moens was set free. His expressionistic poetry was published in Ruimte magazine, which also published Paul van Ostaijen. Aside from that he was secretary of the Vlaamsche Volkstooneel (Flemish People's Theatre) and a journalist.

Bibliography

Gedichten 1918
Celbrieven (1920)
De boodschap (1920)
De tocht (1921)
Opgangen (1921)
Landing' (1923)
Golfslag (1935)
Het vierkant (1938)
Dertig dagen oorlog (1940)
Nederlandsche letterkunde van volksch standpunt gezien (1941)
Onze volksche adel (1942)
De spitsboog (1944)
Het spoor (1944)
De verslagene (1963)
Het activistisch avontuur en wat erop volgde (1966–1970)

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