André Demedts Explained

André Demedts
Pseudonym:Koen Lisarde
Birth Date:8 August 1906
Birth Place:Wielsbeke, Belgium
Death Place:Oudenaarde, Belgium
Language:Dutch
Nationality:Belgian
Citizenship:Belgium
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André Demedts ((Wielsbeke), 8 August 1906 – Oudenaarde, 4 November 1992) was a Belgian Flemish writer and teacher. He has published works in many genres, all in Dutch.[1] In 1962 he received the Prijs voor Letterkunde van de Vlaamse Provincies (Literature Award of the Flemish Provinces) for his work De levenden en de doden (The living and the death).[2] In 1976 he received the award in honour of his life-time career. In 1990 he has received the Award "Driejaarlijkse Staatsprijs voor literatuur" to honour his career as a writer. In 1970 the award André Demedtsprijs was established to reward persons engaged in the cause of the large Dutch/Flemish cultural development with a main purpose to integrate and entangle cultural activities in the Netherlands, Flanders and South Africa.[3] [4]

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Poetry

Prose

Youth books

Drama

Essays

Anthologies

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Notes and References

  1. Rudolf van de Perre, Demedts, André, in: M. Janssens e.a (red.). Geboekstaafd. Vlaamse prozaschrijvers na 1945 (1988), p. 106-109
  2. Spillebeen, Willy. 1974. ‘André Demedts’. In: Monografieën over Vlaamse Letterkunde. Antwerpen: Helios. nr. 46.
  3. Perre, Rudolf van. 1986. André Demedts, een monografie. Leuven: Davidsfonds
  4. Vercammen, J. 1985. ‘André Demedts’. In: De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs. Van middeleeuwen tot heden met inbegrip van de Friese auteurs. Ed. G.J. van Bork en P.J. Verkruijsse. Weesp: De Haan.