Liliane Wouters
Liliane Wouters (5 February 193028 February 2016) was a Belgian poet, playwright, translator, anthologist and essayist.
Liliane Wouters
- Name
- Liliane Wouters
- Born
- 5 February 1930
- Birthplace
- Ixelles, Belgium
- Died
- 28 February 2016
- Occupation
- Anthologist, essayist, playwright, poet, teacher, translator
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Fields
- essay · poetry · literary translation · drama
- Education
- Athénée Robert Catteau
- Honours
- Montaigne-Preis · Prix Renée Vivien · Louise Labé Prize · prix Charles Plisnier · Prix Goncourt de la Poésie · Prix Guillaume Apollinaire
- Languages
- French
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Liliane Wouters (5 February 193028 February 2016) was a Belgian poet, playwright, translator, anthologist and essayist.
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Liliane Wouters (1930–2016) was an essayist, playwright and poet, among other activities, of Belgian nationality. The essayist was born in Ixelles and died in Gilly.
Liliane Wouters was educated at Athénée Robert Catteau. The essayist was a member of Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises and Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde. Activity centred on drama, essay and literary translation.
Languages used include French. Honours include Louise Labé Prize, Montaigne-Preis and prix Charles Plisnier, among others.
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• Name — Liliane Wouters • Born — 5 February 1930 • Birthplace — Ixelles, Belgium • Died — 28 February 2016 • Occupation — Anthologist, essayist, playwright, poet, teacher, translator
Life
Life
Wouters was born in Ixelles, Belgium, and taught school from 1949 to 1990. She met Albert Andrew Lheureux and his Théâtre de l'Esprit Frappeur. She was a Member of the Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium and the European Academy of Poetry.
English translations
English translations
• "To the child I did not have", Sedulia * * *
French language
French language
• La Marche forcée, poésie, Bruxelles: Éditions des Artistes, Georges Houyoux, 1954. • Le Bois sec, poésie, Paris: Gallimard, 1960. • Belles heures de Flandre, adaptation de poèmes (Poésie flamande du Moyen-Âge), Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1961 (reissued. Bruxelles: Éditions Les Éperonniers, coll. "Passé-Présent", 1997). • Oscarine ou les tournesols, théâtre, création du Rideau de Bruxelles, 1964. • Guido Gezelle, essai et adaptation de poèmes, Paris: Pierre Seghers, coll. «Poètes d'aujourd'hui», 1965. • Le Gel, poetry, Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1966. • La Porte, théâtre, création Festival du Jeune Théâtre, Liège, 1967. • Bréviaire des Pays-Bas, adaptation de poèmes (Poésie flamande du Moyen-Age), Paris: Éditions Universitaires, 1973. • Reynart le Goupil, adaptation du poème du moyen néerlandais, Bruxelles: Éditions La Renaissance du Livre, 1974. • Panorama de la poésie française de Belgique, anthology, Bruxelles: Éditions Jacques Antoine, 1976. • Vies et morts de Mademoiselle Shakespeare, théâtre, création Théâtre de l'Esprit Frappeur, Bruxelles, 1979. • Terre d'écarts, anthology, in collaboration with André Miguel, Paris: Éditions Universitaires, 1980. • La Célestine, adaptation (d'après Fernando de Rojas), théâtre, Théâtre Royal du Parc, Bruxelles, 1981. • Le monument (un acte du spectacle collectif Le 151e), théâtre, Maison de la Culture de Mons, 1981. • La mort de Cléopâtre (un acte du spectacle collectif Cléopâtre), théâtre, Théâtre de l'Esprit Frappeur, Bruxelles, 1982. • Autour d'une dame de qualité, pièce en un acte, théâtre, création Atelier d'écriture, Neufchâteau, 1983. • La salle des profs, théâtre, création Maison de la Culture de Mons, Théâtre de l'Esprit Frappeur, Bruxelles: Éditions Jacques Antoine, 1983 (reissued Bruxelles: Éditions Labor). • L'Aloès, poetry, Paris: Luneau-Ascot, 1983. • Parenthèse, poetry, Le Verbe et l'Empreinte, Saint-Laurent-du-Pont (France), 1984. • Ça rime et ça rame, anthology for young readers, Bruxelles: Éditions Labor, 1985. • L'Équateur, théâtre, création Théâtre de l'Esprit frappeur (Botanique), 1986. • L'Équateur, suivi de Vies et Morts de Mademoiselle Shakespeare, théâtre, Bruxelles: Éditions Jacques Antoine, 1986. • Charlotte ou la nuit mexicaine, théâtre, Bruxelles: Éditions Les Éperonniers, 1989. • Journal du scribe, poetry, Bruxelles: Les Éperonniers, 1990. • Le jour du Narval, théâtre, Bruxelles: Éditions Les Éperonniers, 1991. • La poésie francophone de Belgique, with Alain Bosquet, anthology, 4 vols, Bruxelles: Éditions de l'ARLLFB, 1992. • Tous les chemins conduisent à la mer, poetry, Bruxelles, Les Eperonniers, coll. «Passé Présent», 1997. • Un compagnon pour toutes les saisons, traduction, Guido Gezelle, Autres Temps, Marseille, 1999. • Le Billet de Pascal, poetry, Luxembourg: Éditions Phi, 2000. • Le siècle des femmes, with Yves Namur, anthology, Bruxelles: Éditions Les Éperonniers, 2000. • Changer d'écorce, poetry, Tournai: La Renaissance du Livre, 2001. • Poètes aujourd'hui: un panorama de la poésie francophone de Belgique (with Yves Namur), anthology, • Châtelineau/Saint-Hippolyte, Le Taillis pré/Le Noroît, 2007. • Paysages flamands avec nonnes, memoirs, Paris: Gallimard, 2007. • Le Livre du Soufi, poetry, Châtelineau: Le Taillis Pré, 2009.
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Awards
• 1955: Prix Renée Vivien • 1961: Triennial Prize for Poetry • Montaigne Prize, Foundation Friedrich von Schiller (Hamburg) • 2000: Prix Goncourt for poetry • 2000: Five Year Award for Literature
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