Paul Snoek
Edmond André Coralie Schietekat (Sint-Niklaas, 17 December 1933- Tielt, 19 October 1981) pseudonym Paul Snoek, was a Belgian poet. He was a son of Omer William Schietekat, a textile manufacturer, and Paula Sylvia Snoeck. In 1961, he married with Maria Magdalena Vereecke (Mylène), and together they got three children, a twin Jan and Paul in 1963 and in 1966 Sophie. He died in a car accident in Egem.
Education
He went to high school at the Sint-Lievenscollege in Antwerp and the Sint-Jozef Klein Seminarie in Sint-Niklaas, where he had Anton van Wilderode as a teacher. For a while he studied law and philology at the University of Ghent. In 1955, he founded together with Hugues C. Pernath the avant-garde journal the Gard Sivik (E: civil guard).
Career
After his military service in Germany (1956-1957) he decided to become a fulltime artist, yet he quite soon gave up this decision. He started working in the textile factory of his father and visited several countries as a salesman. In 1963, he founded his own import - and export company of Japanese printed silk. Afterwards he became sale director in a company specialized in pile foundations. Paul Snoek became an editor of the Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift. In his free time he collected antique and was an amateur motor crosser. He was a close friend of Gaston Burssens.
Awards
- Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord 1963.
- Driejaarlijkse Staatsprijs voor de Vlaamse poëzie 1969 for De zwarte muze.
- Jan Campert-prijs 1971.
- Eugène Baie-prijs 1972.
Bibliography
- Archipel (poetry, 1954)
- Noodbrug (poetry, 1955)
- Tussen vel en vlees (poetry, 1956)
- Aardrijkskunde (poetry, 1956)
- Reptielen en amfibieën (prose, 1957)
- Ik rook een vredespijp (poetry, 1957)
- De heilige gedichten (poetry, 1959)
- Hercules (poetry, 1960)
- Richelieu (poetry, 1961)
- Soldatenbrieven (prose, together with Hugues C. Pernath)
- Renaissance (poetry, 1963)
- Nostradamus (poetry, 1963)
- Op de grens van land en zee (poetry, 1964)
- De zwarte muze (poetry, 1967)
- Gedichten 1954-1968 (poetry, 1969)
- Gedichten voor Maria Magdalena (poetry, 1971)
- Gedichten (poetry, 1971)
- Een hondsdolle tijd (prose, 1971)
- Bultaco 250 cc (prose, 1972)
- Kwaak- en kruipdieren (prose, republishing Reptielen en amfibieën, 1972)
- Frankenstein, nagelaten gedichten (poetry, 1973)
- Ik heb vannacht de liefde uitgevonden (poetry, 1973)
- Welkom in mijn onderwereld (poetry, 1978)
- Verzamelde gedichten (poetry, 1983)
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