Maria Belpaire

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Maria Elisabeth Hyazinthe Belpaire (born January 31, 1853 in Antwerp , † June 9, 1948 there ) was a Flemish writer.

Life

Belpaire Institute, Jozef De Bomstraat 11, Antwerp

In addition to poetry and short stories , Belpaire also wrote music and literary essays . She was a mentor and patron of the Dietsche Warande & Belfort magazine , and from 1914 to 1918 head of the De Belgische Standaard newspaper in De Panne . She founded the Belfort Institute, a model school for girls, the Catholic Flemish University for Women (1919) and the Constance Teichmann Women's Association (1910).

Belpaire endeavored to promote and support Catholic Flanders. The Catholic University of Leuven awarded her the Dr. hc awarded.

Works

  • Uit het leven (1887)
  • Christian Ideaal (1904)
  • Beethoven, kunst en levensbeeld (1911)
  • Wonderland (6 vol., 1894–1908)
  • Kunst en Levensbeelden (I: 1906, II: 1919)

literature

  • Belpaire (Marie-Elisabeth) , in: Lionel Bertelson: Dictionnaire des journalistes-écrivains de Belgique . Section Bruxelloise de l'Association Générale de la Presse Belge, Brussels 1960.
  • Belpaire, Maria Elisa , in: GJ van Bork, PJ Verkruijsse (ed.): De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs van middeleeuwen tot heden met incl. Van de Friese auteurs . Weesp, De Haan 1985.
  • Belpaire, Marie-Elisabeth , in: Thierry Denoël: Le nouveau dictionnaire des Belges . Le Cri, Brussels 1992.
personal data
SURNAME Belpaire, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Belpaire, Maria Elisabeth Hyacinth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1948
Place of death Antwerp