Felix Timmermans
Leopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans (5 July 1886 – 24 January 1947) is a much translated author from Flanders. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.
Also recorded as Leopoldus Maximilianus Felix Timmermans · Felix-BE Timmermans
Felix Timmermans
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- Born
- 5 July 1886
- Birthplace
- Lier
- Died
- 24 January 1947
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- playwright · writer · painter · poet · scenographer · ceramics designer · illustrator · graphic artist · draftsperson · children's writer · artist
- Known for
- Pallieter · Boerenpsalm
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Key facts
Key facts
• Born — 5 July 1886 • Birthplace — Lier • Died — 24 January 1947 • Notable Works — Pallieter • Pen Name — Polleke van Mher
Life
Life
Timmermans was born in the Belgian city of Lier, as the thirteenth of fourteen children. He died in Lier at age 60. He was an autodidact, and wrote plays, historical novels, religious works, and poems. His best-known book is Pallieter (1916). Timmermans also wrote under the pen-name Polleke van Mher. He was a painter and drawer as well as an author. During the first years of the Second World War, Timmermans was editor of the Flemish nationalist Volk. He also attended meetings of the Europäische Schriftsteller-Vereinigung (European Writers' League), which was initiated by Joseph Goebbels. Because of this, and because of the Rembrandt prize he received in 1942 from the University of Hamburg, he was seen by many as a collaborator, which may have caused health problems and premature death.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
He also worked under the name Koldys/Polleke v Mehr/Stelijn. His recorded language was Dutch.
Identity
Identity
Felix Timmermans is recorded as playwright, writer, painter and poet. Timmermans worked in young adult literature.
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Felix Timmermans
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1886
Felix Timmermans was born in 1886.
1947
Felix Timmermans died at Lier.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q713284: Felix Timmermans
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Felix Timmermans”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
scholarly publication
- Timmermans, Felix, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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- 1.'Er is maar één doel in het leven: goed zijn' (Felix Timmermans) knack.be, Gaston Durnez, 17 november 2014. Gearchiveerd op 21 januari 2022.
- 2.https://www.studentenmuseum.be/XML-map/Personen.asp?58. Gearchiveerd op 2 december 2021.
- 3.Korte biografie / Felix Timmermans / FTG - Felix Timmermans Genootschap. www.felixtimmermans.be.
- 4.Geschriften van Timmermans op de website dbnl.org. Gearchiveerd op 11 april 2022.
- 5.https://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=timm010. Gearchiveerd op 25 mei 2023.
- 6.Kroniek van een vriendschap erfgoedmelle.be, Heemkundige vereniging de Gonde. Gearchiveerd op 16 augustus 2022.
- 7.Felix Timmermans. www.visitlier.be.
- 8.Nomination Database Felix Timmermans
- 9.Vercammen, 1971, 19.
- 10.De Ceulaer, 1986, 28.
- 11.Vercammen, 1971, 18.
- 12.Vercammen, 1971, 28.
- 13.DBNL: Nieuwe titels van april. Neerlandistiek. 2018-04-03.
- 14.Universiteit Antwerpen - Wetenschappers verzorgen nieuwe uitgave Pallieter. www.uantwerpen.be.
- 15.Van Eysselsteijn en Vogelesang (1981), 68-69
- 16.Van Eysselsteijn en Vogelesang (1981), 72
- 17.Voordracht: ‘Mee met de Fe’: over en met het werk van Felix Timmermans nieuwsblad.be, Wesley Poelman, 15 november 2010. Gearchiveerd op 11 april 2022.
- 18.https://www.kerknet.be/personen/felix-timmermans-en-zijn-dichtbundel-‘adagio’
- 19.Toussaint van Boelaere en Felix Timmermans, in: Het Nieuwsblad, 05/02/1947, p.10.
- 20.Felix Timmermans ten grave gedragen, in: Het Nieuwsblad, 29/01/1947, p.2.
- 21.De begrafenis van Timmermans, in: Het Nieuwsblad, 30/01/1947, p.2.
- 22.https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/102602. Gearchiveerd op 28 maart 2019.
- 23.Lier heeft drie nieuwe ereburgers nieuwsblad.be, Chris Van Rompaey, 15 november 2014. Gearchiveerd op 3 november 2022.
- 24.https://schrijversgewijs.be/schrijvers/timmermans-felix/. Gearchiveerd op 7 februari 2023.
- 25.Door de dagen bij DBNL
- 26.Wonderland. Eerste deel bij DBNL
- 27.Wonderland. III bij DBNL
- 28.Wonderland. IV bij DBNL
- 29.Wonderland. V bij DBNL
- 30.Schemeringen van den dood op Delpher
- 31.Bagijnhof-sproken op Delpher
- 32.Pallieter. 2e druk op Delpher
- 33.Honderd jaar 'Pallieter' Lezing door prof. dr. Jos Wilmots nemokennislink.nl
- 34.Het kindeken Jezus in Vlaanderen op Delpher
- 35.Een geschenk aan de wereld Felix Timmermans in vertaling dbnl.org, Ingrid van de Wijer. Gearchiveerd op 11 april 2022.
- 36.De zeer schone uren van Juffrouw Symforosa begijntjen op Delpher
- 37.Anna-Marie op Delpher
- 38.Boudewijn op Delpher
- 39.Karel en Elegast op Delpher
- 40.De Vier Heemskinderen op Delpher
- 41.Uit mijn rommelkas op Delpher
- 42.Driekoningentriptiek op Delpher
- 43.De ivoren fluit op Delpher
- 44.De pastoor uit den bloeyenden wijngaerdt op Delpher
- 45.Het keerseken in den lanteern op Delpher
- 46.Het kleuterboek op Delpher
- 47.Schoon Lier op Delpher
- 48.En waar de ster bleef stille staan ... op Delpher
- 49.Daar was eens... Vertelselrijmkens op Delpher
- 50.Naar waar de appelsienen groeien op Delpher
- 51.Pieter Bruegel, zoo heb ik u uit uwe werken geroken op Delpher
- 52.Vertelsels op Delpher
- 53.De harp van Sint-Franciscus op Delpher
- 54.Pijp en toebak op Delpher
- 55.Bij de krabbekoker op Delpher
- 56.Boerenpsalm op Delpher
- 57.Driekoningen tryptiek = Triptyque de Noël op Delpher
- 58.Het Vlaamsche volksleven volgens Pieter Breughel op Delpher
- 59.Ik zag Cecilia komen op Delpher
- 60.De familie Hernat op Delpher
- 61.Vertelsels bij DBNL
- 62.Minneke-Poes op Delpher
- 63.Vertelsels. Tweede bundel bij DBNL
- 64.Adriaan Brouwer bij DBNL
- 65.Vercammen, 1971, 39.
- 66.Mijnheer Pirroen. Schouwburgspel op Delpher
- 67.In samenwerking met Eduard Veterman
- 68.Leontientje op Delpher
- 69.De hemelsche Salomé op Delpher
- 70.Vercammen, 1971, 9-17.
- 71.Felix Timmermanstrein. Gearchiveerd op 7 juli 2023.
- 72.Onze geschiedenis van vissers en palingdraaiers naar toeristische rondvaarten bootjevareninlier.be, historiek
- 73.Opening nieuw vaarseizoen + voorstelling nieuwe ecologische boot 'moedige bootvissers' N-VA Lier-Koningshooikt, 30 april 2015
- 74.Lierse stadsbibliotheek heet voortaan 'de Fé' nieuwsblad.be, Chris Van Rompaey, 9 oktober 2016. Gearchiveerd op 11 april 2022.
- 75.Antoon Coolen - biografie en bibliografie Verhalen uit de Peel antiqbook.com. Gearchiveerd op 11 april 2022.
- 76.Gommaar Timmermans brengt na 30 jaar eindelijk album uit van ‘Iamboree' Nieuwblad.be, Leo van der Linden, 10 december 2011. Gearchiveerd op 11 april 2022.
- 77.Timmermans, Gommaar schrijversgewijs.be. Gearchiveerd op 13 mei 2023.
- 78.Little baby Jesus of Flandr Dewereldmorgen.be, Claudio Santancini, 29 december 2010. Gearchiveerd op 7 december 2022.
- 79.In memoriam Felix Timmermans, in:De Nieuwe Standaard, 26/01/1947, p.1
- 80.A. Lens en J. Mortelmans, Gids voor oud Lier, Standaard Uitgeverij p.31
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scholarly publication
Timmermans, Felix, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
Institutional witnessreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q713284: Felix TimmermansWikimedia Foundation
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
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