| Gabriëlle Demedts | |
| Pseudonym: | Maria Houtland |
| Birth Place: | Wielsbeke, Belgium |
| Death Place: | Kortrijk, Belgium |
| Language: | Dutch |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Citizenship: | Belgium |
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Gabriëlle Demedts (Wielsbeke, June 11, 1909 – Kortrijk, September 6, 2002) was a Flemish Belgian poet.[1] [2] [3] She was a sibling of André Demedts. In 1934 she wrote her first poems and in 1937 she published her first work "Een gevangene zingt" (The prisoner sings). As a young child she was struck by Poliomyelitis which has determined the rest of her life.In a book about the Declercq family, one can read that some of Demedts’ poems have been inspired by life-changing events in her life and that of the Declercqs.[4] She wrote, for instance, '’Rustig lied’' (quiet song) [5] and '’Lage tonen'’ (low vibes) [6] after a love break-up of her friend Valentine Declercq, or '’Zomer’' (Summer) [7] when Valentine was severely ill and dying. Later, she also wrote a poem, '’Ik heb gedaan...'’ (I am done…),[8] when Ernest Constant Declercq, Valentine’s father and a close friend of Gabrielle Demedts’ parents, had died.
. Nico_F._Declercq. 2021. The Desclergues of la Villa Ducal de Montblanc. Kortrijk, Belgium. 9789083176901 . chapters 34.5 and 34.9. 1384. First. 23 February 2022 .