Karel van de Woestijne

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Karel van de Woestijne

Carolus Petrus Eduardus Maria (Karel) van de Woestijne (born March 10, 1878 in Ghent , † August 24, 1929 in Zwijnaarde ) was a Flemish poet and writer who wrote in the Dutch language . His biographer Peter Theunynck (* 1960) describes him as very lonely and withdrawn, but extremely active.

Career

Karel van de Woestijne obtained his university entrance qualification at the Ghent Koninklijk Atheneum aan de Ottogracht (today: Campus Atheneum Voskenslaan ). He then studied German at the University of Ghent . During his studies he became acquainted with French symbolism . From 1896 to 1907 he published two magazines - Today and Tomorrow by 1901 and Flanders from 1903 to 1907 .

He lived in Sint-Martens-Latem until November 1906 . First civil servant in the Ministry of Culture, he came under in the New Rotterdam Gazette . He was in charge of the Art column in Brussels for twenty-three years.

Karel van de Woestijne lived in Laeken and from 1920 to 1925 in Ostend . In the seaside resort he met with James Ensor and Constant Permeke . From 1920 to 1929 he taught Dutch literary history at his alma mater, Ghent University. From 1925 he lived in Zwijnaarde.

family

Karel's father, a coppersmith, died after a stroke when the boy was twelve years old. After the 25-year-old Karel van de Woestijne also lost his mother, he had to look after his three brothers Edward, Maurice and Gustave. On February 13, 1904, he married Mariette van Hende. The marriage resulted in the son Paul (* 1904) and the daughter Lily (* 1919). Mariette outlived her husband by forty years.

Work (selection)

prose

  • Janus met het dubbele voorhoofd (1908)
  • Afwijkingen (1910)
  • Goddelijke verbeeldingen (1918)
  • De bestendige aanwezigheid (1918)

Symbolistic-impressionistic poetry

  • Het vader-huis (1903)
  • De boomgaard of the birds and the vultures (1905)
  • De gulden schaduw (1910)
  • De boer die sterft

Spiritualistic triptych

  • De modderen man (1920)
  • God aan zee (1926)
  • Het Bergmeer (1928)

Art criticism, essays

  • De Vlaamsche primitieven. Hoe ze were te Brugge (1903)
  • Art en geest in Vlaanderen (1911)
  • De Nieuwe Esopet (1933) met tekeningen door Jozef Cantré
  • Over schrijvers en boeken (1933–1936, posthumous)

Epic poetry

  • Interludiën I en II (1912–1914)
  • Zone in de rug (1924)

Epistle novel (with Herman Teirlinck )

  • De Leemen Torens. Vooroorlogse kroniek van twee steden (1928)

Editions in German

  • 1941 Deadly Autumn (poems, translator: Heinz Graef)
  • 1942 Pieter Bruegel (prose, translator: Karl Jacobs )
  • 1946 The Birth of the Child (prose, translator: Karl Jacobs)
  • 1946 Romeo or the lover of love (Translator: Heinz Graef)
  • 1948 Janus with the double face (prose, translator: Heinz Graef)
  • 1952 Lonely Fires (Translator: Heinz Graef)
  • The walk into the morning (Translator: Heinz Graef)
  • My father's house
  • Flemish Christmas. Tales by Flemish poets (together with Marie Gevers , Carl Hanns Erkelenz and Ernest Claes )

Honors

literature

  • Albert Westerlinck : Karel van de Woestijne 1878-1929
  • Els Durnez: Latemse memoires, herinneringen van mevrouw Karel van de Woestijne en Julius de Praetere ; Hadewijch, Antwerp, 1995

Web links

Commons : Karel van de Woestijne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Janus met het dubbele voorhoofd - Janus with the double face online in the Internet Archive in 1908
  2. ↑ Afwijkingen - deviations
  3. ↑ Goddelijke verbeeldingen - Divine ideas
  4. ↑ De bestendige aanwezigheid - The constant presence
  5. ↑ Het vader-huis online in the Internet Archive in 1905
  6. ↑ De boomgaard der vogelen en der Vruchten online in the Internet Archive in 1905
  7. ↑ De boer die sterft - The farmer who dies
  8. ↑ De modderen man - The mud man
  9. ↑ De Vlaamsche primitieven. Hoe ze wer te Brugge - The Flemish Primitives in Bruges
  10. ↑ Kunst en geest in Vlaanderen online in the Internet Archive in 1911
  11. ↑ De Nieuwe Esopet (1933) met tekeningen door Jozef Cantré - The new Esopet. With drawings by Jozef Cantré
  12. ↑ Zon in de rug - sun behind you
  13. ↑ De Leemen Torens. Vooroorlogse kroniek van twee steden - The Leement Towers. Pre-war chronicle of two cities (Ghent and Brussels)
personal data
SURNAME Woestijne, Karel van de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Woestijne, Carolus Petrus Eduardus Maria van de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Ghent
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1929
Place of death Zwijnaarde