Albert Bontridder Explained
| Albert Bontridder |
| Native Name: | Albert Marcel Alfons Bontridder |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Braine-le-Comte |
| Occupation: | poet, architect |
| Years Active: | 1951 – 2015 |
Albert Bontridder (4 April 1921 – 13 December 2015) was a Belgian architect and writer, born in Anderlecht. In 1953, he married Olga Dohnalova, a Czech refugee, and together they had two children.[1]
He graduated as an architect in 1942. As an architect, he made the plan for the house of his friend Louis Paul Boon. In 1952 he was a founding member and editor of the magazine Architecture in Brussels. He was an editor of the experimental illustrated magazines Tijd en Mens (E: Time and Man) (1949–1955) and Kentering (E: Change) (1966–1977). He published his first poems in French and he made his actual debut with Hoog water (E: high tide) (1951).
Bibliography
- Poésie se brise (poetry, 1951)
- Hoog water (poetry, 1951)
- Dood hout (poetry, 1955)
- Bagatelle – hangende vis (poetry, 1960)
- Jacques Dupuis ou l'architecture perdue et retrouvée (monography, 1961)
- Dialoog tussen licht en stilte (study, 1963)
- Open einde (poetry, 1967)
- De bankreet vader (anthology, 1968)
- Ook de nacht is een zon (poetry, 1969)
- Zelfverbranding (poetry, 1971)
- Gedichten 1942–1972 (1973)
- Voor een waterdruppel (poetry, 1975)
- Vingerknippen naar een vlinder (poetry, 1976)
- Een brug slaan (poetry, 1977)
- Huizen vieren haat (poetry, 1979)
- Gevecht met de rede. Leo Stijnen : leven en werk (essay, 1979)
- Inleiding tot de poëzie van Marcel Wauters (1981)
- Brussel: poëzie over een stad (1981) (and other authors)
- Een oog te veel (poetry, 1984)
- Poésie flamande d' aujoud'hui (essay, 1986)
- Marcel Coole vierde onlangs zijn 80ste verjaardag (article, 1994)
- Versnipperde intenties (poetry, 1997) (and other authors)
- Is de acacia mij bekend (poetry, 1999)
Awards
See also
Sources
Notes and References
- Web site: Décès de l'architecte et poète flamand Albert Bontridder. Le Soir. 16 December 2015. French.
