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Paul van Ostaijen
Belgian poet and writer ( – )
Paul van Ostaijen
Paul van Ostaijen
Born
()22 February
Antwerp, Belgium
Died
18 March () (aged&#;32)
Miavoye-Anthée, Belgium
Nationality
Belgian
Occupation(s)
poet, writer
Paul van Ostaijen (22 February – 18 March ) was a BelgianDutch-language poet and writer.
Nickname
Van Ostaijen was born in Antwerp to Dutch father and Flemish mother. His nickname was Mister , derived from his habit of walking along the streets of Antwerp clothed as a dandy from that year.
His poetry shows influences from Modernism, Expressionism, Dadaism and early Surrealism, but Van Ostaijen's style is very much his own.
Flamingant
Van Ostaijen was an active flamingant, a supporter of Flemish independence. Because of his involvement with Flemish activism during World War I, he had to flee to Berlin after the war. In Berlin—one of the centers of Dadaism and Expressionism—he met many other artists.
Paul van ostaijen biography of barack He went to Berlin, where he worked as a bookseller and a shoe seller to make a living. The grave of Paul van Ostaijen at the Schoonselhof, Antwerpen. But laughing because this proof is so little convincing. In Berlin—one of the centers of Dadaism and Expressionism—he met many other artists.
He also struggled through a severe mental crisis.
Upon returning to Belgium, Van Ostaijen opened an art gallery in Brussels. He died of tuberculosis in in a sanatorium in Miavoye-Anthée, in the WallonianArdennes.
The Czech poet Ivan Wernisch was so impressed by "the genius of van Ostaijen"[1] that he learned Dutch to be able to translate him.
His translation was published as Tanec gnómů, Dance of the gnomes, in [2]
Poetry
Music hall ()
Het sienjaal (The signal, )
Bezette stad (Occupied city, )
De Feesten van Angst en Pijn (Feasts of Fear and Agony, written , published posthumously)
Nagelaten gedichten (Posthumous poems, published posthumously in )
Other publications
De trust der vaderlandsliefde (The trust of patriotism, , grotesques)
Gebruiksaanwijzing der lyriek (Manual of lyrics, , lecture)
Het bordeel van Ika Loch (Ika Loch's brothel, , grotesques)
De bende van de stronk (The stump gang, , grotesques)