Ivo Michiels

The recorded working language is Dutch. Works named in the authority record are Seagulls Die in the Harbour. Work by Ivo Michiels is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee. Distinctions recorded are Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord, Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize, America Award in Literature and Dirk Martensprijs.

• Name — Ivo Michiels • Pen Name — Ivo Michiels • Birth Name — Henri Ceuppens • Born — 8 January 1923 • Birthplace — Mortsel, Belgium • Died — 7 October 2012 • Place of death — Le Barroux, France • Occupation — Writer • Notable Works — Seagulls Die in the Harbour • Awards — Ark Prize of the Free Word

Michiels was born in Mortsel. During World War II he was employed as a nurse in a hospital in Lübeck in Germany. He worked as a laboratory assistant for a while, and from 1948 up to 1957 he worked as a journalist at Het Handelsblad. In 1965, he married Christiane Faes. From 1957 up to 1978 he worked at the publisher Ontwikkeling (E: Development). From 1959 until 1983 he was editor, and editorial secretary of the Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift. From 1966 up to 1978 he also taught at the Hoger Rijksinstituut voor Toneel- en Cultuurspreiding in Brussels. In 1979, he established himself as a full-time writer in the Vaucluse (France). He died, aged 89, in Le Barroux.

• Begrensde verten (1946, poetry) • Daar tegenover (1947, poetry) • Zo, ga dan (1947, novelle) • Het vonnis (1949, novel) • Kruistocht der jongelingen (1951, novel) • Spaans capriccio (1952, short storie) • De ogenbank (1953, novel) • De meeuwen sterven in de haven (1955, novel, films cenario), made into a film of the same name in 1956 • Het afscheid (1957, novel) • Journal brut, Ikjes sprokkelen (1958, novel) • Albisola Mare, Savona (1959, novel) • Dertien Vlamingen (1961, bloemlezing) • Het boek Alfa (1963, novel) • Frans Dille (1963, essay) • Antwerpen, stad aan de stroom (tekst bij fotoalbum van F. Tas) (1965) • Verhalen uit Journal brut (1966) • Het afscheid (1966, film scenario) • Orchis militaris (1968, novel) • Exit (1971, novel) • Jef Verheyen, 40 (1972, bibliophile edition) • Alechinsky (1973, essay) • Samuel, o Samuel (1973, radio play) • Dieric Bouts (1975, film scenario) • Een tuin tussen hond en wolf (1977, novel, film scenario) • Itinerarium (1979, essay) • Dixi(t) (1979, novel) • Luister hoe dit beeld hoe die lijn hoe die kleur hoe dit vlak luister (1979, essays) • Een letterwerker aan het woord (1980) • De vrouwen van de aarstengel (1983, novel) • De toverberg in Sank Seb (1984, uit "De vrouwen van de aartsengel", in "Vlaamse verhalen na 1965") • Het boek der nauwe relaties (1985) • Vlaanderen, ook een land (1987) • Prima materia (1989) • Ondergrond bovengronds (1991) • Schildwacht schuldwacht (1993) • Daar komen scherven van (1995) • Sissi (1997) • De verrukking (1999, novel) • De mirakelen, Elizabeth, de mirakelen (?)

Ivo Michiels is recorded as having received Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord, Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize and America Award in Literature. Recorded at birth as Henricus Paulus Renatus Ceuppens. Identity and origins. He also worked under the name Ivo Michiels. His recorded language was Dutch.