Liliane Wouters
Liliane Wouters (born February 5, 1930 in Ixelles , Belgium , † February 28, 2016 in Charleroi , Belgium) was a French-speaking Belgian writer.
Her work includes volumes of poetry, dramas, poetry anthologies and translations from Dutch.
Works (selection)
Poetry
- 1954: La Marche forcée (The forced march)
- 1960: Le Bois sec (The Dry Wood)
- 1966: Le Gel (The Frost)
- 1983: L'Aloès (The Aloe)
- 1990: Journal du Scribe (writer's diary)
drama
- 1965: Oscarine ou les tournesols (Oscarine or the sunflowers)
- 1967: La Porte (The Door)
- 1979: Vies et morts de Mademoiselle Shakespeare (Life and Death of Miss Shaekespeare)
- 1983: La Salle des Profs (The staff room)
- 1989: Charlotte ou la nuit mexicaine (Charlotte or the Mexican Night)
- 1991: Le jour du narval (The day of the narwhal)
Honors
- from 1985: Member of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique
- from 2000: Member of the Royal Academy for Dutch Linguistics and Literature
- Prix Renée-Vivien (1955)
- Prix triennal de poésie (1961)
- Montaigne Prize (1995)
- Prix Goncourt (Poetry) (2000)
- Prix quinquennal de littérature (2000)
- Prix Guillaume Apollinaire for Derniers feux sur terre and for the complete works (2015)
source
- Philippe Cantraine: Wouters, Liliane . Trans. V. Volker Rivinius. In: Authors Lexicon. Ed. V. Ute Hechtfischer, Renate Hof, Inge Stephan and Flora Veit-Wild. Frankfurt / M. Suhrkamp 2002, p. 568f. ISBN 3518399187
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wouters, Liliane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ixelles , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 2016 |
| Place of death | Charleroi , Belgium |