Gaston Burssens
Gaston Karel Mathilde Burssens (18 February 1896 – 29 January 1965) was a Belgian Expressionist poet. He studied at the Dutch-language Von Bissing University in Ghent during the German occupation of Belgium during World War I.
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Gaston Burssens
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- Name
- Gaston Burssens
- Birth Name
- Gaston Karel Mathilde Burssens
- Born
- 18 February 1896
- Birthplace
- Dendermonde, Belgium
- Died
- 29 January 1965
- Place of death
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Occupation
- poet
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Languages
- Dutch
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Gaston Karel Mathilde Burssens (18 February 1896 – 29 January 1965) was a Belgian Expressionist poet. He studied at the Dutch-language Von Bissing University in Ghent during the German occupation of Belgium during World War I.
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Gaston Burssens (1896–1965) was a Belgian poet, politician and writer. Born in Dendermonde, the poet died in Antwerp.
Languages used include Dutch. Works by Gaston Burssens are held at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
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• Name — Gaston Burssens • Birth Name — Gaston Karel Mathilde Burssens • Born — 18 February 1896 • Birthplace — Dendermonde, Belgium • Died — 29 January 1965 • Place of death — Antwerp, Belgium • Occupation — poet
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Like that of Paul van Ostaijen, Burssens' work in the 1920s evolved from humanitarian expressionism towards a more organic expressionism – upon which his poetry stayed focused on musicality. Van Ostaijen's not earlier published poems were published posthumously by Burssens. Burssens received the 'Driejaarlijkse Prijs voor Poëzie, a reward for poetry granted every third year, for 1950–52, and once again for 1956–58.
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• Illustration — Poster of a stage performance "Debuut met Plagiaat" in 1983 by the theatre company 't Klapteater. • 1918 Verzen • 1919 De Yadefluit • 1920 Liederen uit de stad en uit de sel • 1924 Piano • 1926 Enzovoort • 1930 Klemmen voor zangvogels • 1933 Paul van Ostaijen zoals hij was en is • 1935 French en andere cancan • 1941 De eeuw van Pericles • 1943 Elegie • -- Floris Jespers • 1945 Fabula rasa • 1946 12 niggersongs • 1952 Pegasos van Troja • -- Boy • 1954 Ode • 1956 Floris Jespers • -- Paul van Ostaijen • -- Het neusje van de inktvis • 1956 Debuut met Plagiaat • 1958 Adieu • 1961 Posthume verzen • 1981 Verzameld proza • 2005 Alles is mogelijk in een gedicht. Verzamelde verzen 1914-1965
Graf van Gaston Burssens (1896-1965) op het Schoonselhof te Antwerpen
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