Marnix Gijsen
Marnix (van) Gijsen , pseudonym of Jan-Albert Goris (born October 20, 1899 in Antwerp , † September 29, 1984 in Lubbeek ) was a Flemish author.
Having grown up strictly Catholic, Gijsen received his doctorate in 1925 from the University of Leuven (history and social sciences) and continued his studies in Freiburg im Breisgau , Paris ( Sorbonne ) and at the London School of Economics .
From 1928 to 1933 Gijsen was a municipal clerk in Antwerp, from 1933 to 1964 he worked as a diplomat in New York .
At the beginning of his career as a poet, Gijsen was involved in the expressionist group 'Ruimte' (space) of the eponymous magazine (1921–1922), which included Paul van Ostaijen , Karel van den Oever and Victor J. Brunclair. The poem Hymn of Praise to St. Franciscus of Assisi is perhaps his most important work of this period.
During the Second World War , Gijsen broke with his acquired beliefs. In his numerous poems , novels and stories he often used biblical and ancient materials and motifs.
His novel Das Buch des Joachim von Babylon (1947) takes up the biblical narrative of Joachim's wife, the chaste Susanna , in a masterful, subtly ironic way ( Book of Daniel , chapter 13). His (anti) educational novel Telemach im Dorf (1948), the title of which alludes to Fénelon's famous Télémaque , is a biting criticism of the deceptive rural tranquility, in whose hypocrisy and bigotry the young protagonist is drawn for his life. His autobiographical novel Klage um Agnes (1951) transfers the ancient material of Orpheus , who defies death for his lover Eurydice , to the Flemish province. His only play Helena auf Ithaka (1968) is a humanistic ideological drama about the unbridgeable gap between the sexes and generations.
In 1959 and 1969 his work was awarded the Belgian State Prize, and in 1974 the Dutch Literature Prize. In 1975 Gijsen was ennobled.
He is buried in the Schoonselhof cemetery in Antwerp .
bibliography
- Marnix Gijsen: The book of Joachim of Babylon, which gives a true account of his life and that of his famous wife Susanna, as he recently discovered in the excavations of Nat-tah-nam and carefully translated and edited for the first time by a lover was . Transferred by Josef Tichy. Vienna, 1953.
In trans. von Wouter Hamers: Leipzig, Kiepenheuer, 1981. 2nd edition: 1985. New edition: 1992 ( ISBN 3-378-00515-7 ) - Marnix Gijsen: At the meat pots in Egypt. A significant and cheerful story from the New World . Translation by Josef Tichy. Rosenheim, Schwingen-Verlag, 1954
- Marnix Gijsen: Helena op Ithaka (1968), German partial translation (2nd act, 1, 3) in: Scherer, L. & B. (2008) Mythos Helena Stuttgart: Reclam, pp. 178–182. ISBN 978-3-15-020163-3
- The Diary of the Dutch Journey, 1520-1521 . With the silver pen sketchbook and the [90] pictures and drawings made during the trip by Albrecht Dürer. Introduction and note by JA Goris and G. Marlier. Brussels, La Connaissance, 1970.
Web links
- Literature by and about Marnix Gijsen in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gijsen, Marnix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marnix van Gijsen, Jan-Albert Goris (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1984 |
| Place of death | Lubbeek |