Iwan Gilkin
Iwan Gilkin (7 January 1858 – 28 September 1924) was a Belgian poet. Iwan Gilkin was born in Brussels, Gilkin was associated with the Symbolist school in Belgium. His works include Les ténèbres (1892, featuring a frontispiece by Odilon Redon) and Le Sphinx (1907).
Also recorded as Ivan Gilkin
Iwan Gilkin
Gilkin, Iwan (1858-1934) (depicted) · https: collectionId=81531994540001488 lang=en sortItemsBy=date_a query=any,contains,PA02928 · Public domain
- Name
- Iwan Gilkin
- Born
- 7 January 1858
- Birthplace
- Brussels, Belgium
- Died
- 28 September 1924
- Occupation
- poet
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Honours
- prix Archon-Despérouses.
- Languages
- French.
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Linked with the development of the literary revue the Parnasse de la Jeune Belgique, he was an early appreciator of the Comte de Lautréamont's infamous work, Les Chants de Maldoror, and sent several copies of the book to his friends, including fellow poet Léon Bloy. His mature works, which often concerned difficult religious and philosophical themes, reflect a highly pessimistic, spiritual and anti-positivistic outlook, influenced by Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Schopenhauer. A French-language study of Gilkin by Henri Liebrecht was published in 1941.
Tombe du poète belge Iwan Gilkin (1858-1924).
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• Name — Iwan Gilkin • Born — 7 January 1858 • Birthplace — Brussels, Belgium • Died — 28 September 1924 • Place of death — Brussels, Belgium • Occupation — poet
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Iwan Gilkin, born on 7 January 1858 in Brussels, Belgium and died on 28 September 1924 in Brussels, Belgium, is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Ivan Gilkin. His recorded language was French. Other recorded relations include Maurice de Waleffe.
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Career and activity
He belonged to Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises.
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1858
Iwan Gilkin born at Brussels.
1924
Iwan Gilkin died at Brussels.
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Iwan Gilkin received prix Archon-Despérouses.
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- 1.Resnkin, Salomon. The Theatre of Dream. pg. 149. Routledge, 1987.
- 2.Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature. pgs. 307-308. Columbia University Press, 1980.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 13
- La Damnation de l'artiste (1890)
- Ténèbres (1892)
- Stances dorées (1893)
- La Nuit (1893) (→ )
- Prométhée (1897)
- Le Cerisier fleuri (1899)
- Jonas (1900)
- Savonarole (1906)
- Étudiants russes (1906)
- Le Sphinx (1907)
- Le Roi Cophétua (1919)
- Les Pieds d'argile (1921)
- Egmont (1926)
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