Pierre Broodcoorens

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Photo by the writer Broodcoorens around 1919

Pierre Broodcoorens (* 1885 in Brussels , † 1924 in La Hulpe ) was a Belgian writer .

Life

Broodcoorens' family came from East Flanders. He himself grew up in Brussels. He was literarily influenced by the Belgian authors Georges Eekhoud and Camille Lemonnier . Among a multitude of poems, novels and dramas, his best-known work is the novel Le sang des Flamands rouge , in which he deals with the suppression of the Flemings by the Spanish and French. It was published in sequels in the Belgian socialist newspaper Le Peuple in 1914 . In 1916 a German translation by Johannes Schlaf was published under the title Rotes Flamenblut . This was used by the Germans for propaganda purposes during the First World War, against which Broodcoorens fought so fiercely that he finally suffered a nervous breakdown. As a staunch socialist, he was shocked by the use of the novel for nationalist purposes. He was friends with René Magritte , whom he met while studying in Brussels and who portrayed him in 1921.

Works

  • Eglesygne et Flourdelys. Pièce en trois actes, and fresh blancs
  • La Mer. Legend lyrique en quatre parties
  • Le Roi de la nuit
  • Le coin des Tisserands
  • La foi du doute: poemes
  • Le miroir des roses spiritual
  • Boule carcasse
  • Petit Will
  • La Parabole du figuier sterile
  • Histoires merveilleuses
  • Le sergent brave Champagne
  • Seigneur Polichinelle, récits
  • Le siege de Berlin
  • Le roi aveugle
  • Les rustiques
  • Le sang des Flamands rouge
  • Le carillonneur des esprits
    The volume of poems consists of five parts: "Clocke Roeland", "Les Soleils d'antan", "Les Orages passants", "Les Deuillants procession Aires" and "Les Horizons précurseurs".

literature

  • P. Broodcoorens' answer to Octave Mirbeau on his novel " La 628-E8 ". In: La Belgique artistique et littéraire. No. 29, February 1908, pp. 301-316, online
  • Special issue of La Nervie magazine , revue illustrée d'arts et de lettres. Brussels, No. 7, 1930.
  • Pierre Broodcoorens: Contes et poêmes inédits. Brussels 1931
  • Jean Robaey: Un auteur oublié: Pierre Broodcoorens. Francofonia, 1989, No. 17, pp. 127-140.
  • Marc Maroye: De Brakelse invloed op het leven en werk van Pierre Broodcoorens (1885–1924). In: Triverius. October 1997, pp. 55-65.
  • Graziana Geminiani: Pierre Broodcoorens: uno scrittore di Fianda e la Germania: tesi di laurea . Ed .: Università degli studi di Ferrara, Facoltà de lettere e filosofia (=  Annali Online di Ferrara . Volume 1 (2006) ). Ferrara 2004 (Italian, online [PDF; 1000 kB ; accessed on March 27, 2014]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The painting is now in the Royal Museum in Brussels.

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personal data
SURNAME Broodcoorens, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels (Belgium)
DATE OF DEATH 1924
Place of death La Hulpe (Belgium)