Bertus Aafjes

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Bertus Aafjes (1965)

Bertus Aafjes (actually Lambertus Jacobus Johannes Aafjes ) (born May 12, 1914 in Amsterdam , † April 22, 1993 in Swolgen , Province of Limburg ) was a Dutch writer .

Life

Aafjes first began training as a priest in the Uden theologian convict and then studied classical archeology in Leuven and Christian archeology at the Pontifical Institute in Rome , where he went on foot. He then spent a few years in Italy and Egypt . In World War II he plunged during the German occupation in hiding in Friesland and wrote poems about the resistance. On Castle Hoensbroek in the Dutch province of Limburg , he later worked as a freelance writer. Aafjes used the name Jan Oranje as a pseudonym .

Writing

Aafjes was a poet influenced by the Catholic religion and German romanticism. He made his poetic debut in 1940 with Het gevecht met de muze (The fight with the muse). In 1946 he wrote Een voetreis naar Rome , a romantic-poetic travelogue about his hike to Rome, which made him known nationally; in it he describes how he came from a monastic view of life to the joy of sensual love. The epic In den beginne (1949) is an interpretation of the biblical story of Adam and Eve . In 1953, “De karavaan”, temporarily Aafjes' last volume of poetry, was published because the literary climate had changed under the influence of the Dutch literary movement of the 1950s, against which Aafjes was reluctant and which ultimately brought him serious conflicts.

After that, Aafjes mainly wrote travel reports about the Mediterranean . Among other things, he wrote "Capriccio Italiano" in 1957, an autobiography about his time while studying archeology in Rome. Detective stories about the legendary judge Ooka were inspired by his visits to Japan . He also worked as a translator, for example Homer's Odyssey (1965) and Shakespeare's Hamlet .

A collection of stories came out in 1974 under the title De laatste faun . In 1980 a volume of poetry was published, Deus sive natura , with erotic poetry .

Works

  • Het gevecht met de muze , 1940
  • Een Iaars vol rozen , 1942
  • In the atrium of the vestals , 1945
  • Een voetreis naar Rome , 1946
  • Maria Sibylla Merian , 1946
  • Het Koningsgraf , 1948
  • Egyptische brieven , 1948 (German letters about Egyptian art , 1956)
  • In the begin , 1949
  • Arenlezer achter de maaiers , 1952 (German evening on the Nile , 1961)
  • De karavaan , 1953
  • Morgen bloeien de abrikozen , 1954 ( Eng.Morning the apricots bloom , 1956)
  • De blinde harpenaar , 1955 (German: The blind harper , 1958)
  • Logboek voor Dolle Dinsdag , 1956 (German for you, great Tuesday , 1957)
  • Capriccio Italiano , 1957
  • De Wereld is a wonder , 1959
  • Een ladder tegen een wolk , 1969 (German judge Ookas cases , 1981)
  • De laatste faun , 1974
  • Deus sive natura , 1980
  • De val van Icarus , 1985
  • Verzamelde poems , 1990

literature

  • Aafjes, Bertus. In: Gero von Wilpert (Ed.), Lexicon of World Literature . 3rd edition 1988, p. 1.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aafjes, Bertus. Wilpert: Lexicon of World Literature, p. 72
personal data
SURNAME Aafjes, Bertus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aafjes, Lambertus Jacobus Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1993
Place of death Swolgen