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| Gabriëlle Demedts | |
|---|---|
 Gabriëlle Demedts together with her brother André Demedts and with the Declercq family, around 1923. | |
| Born | Wielsbeke, Belgium |
| Died | Kortrijk, Belgium |
| Pen name | Maria Houtland |
| Language | Dutch |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Citizenship | Belgium |
Gabriëlle Demedts (Wielsbeke, June 11, 1909 – Kortrijk, September 6, 2002) was a Flemish Belgian poet. She was a sibling of André Demedts. In 1934 she wrote her first poems and in 1937 she published her first work "Een gevangene zingt" (The prisoner sings). As a young child she was struck by Poliomyelitis which has determined the rest of her life. In a book about the Declercq family, one can read that some of Demedts’ poems have been inspired by life-changing events in her life and that of the Declercqs. She wrote, for instance, '’Rustig lied’' (quiet song) and '’Lage tonen'’ (low vibes) after a love break-up of her friend Valentine Declercq, or '’Zomer’' (Summer) when Valentine was severely ill and dying. Later, she also wrote a poem, '’Ik heb gedaan...'’ (I am done…), when Ernest Constant Declercq, Valentine’s father and a close friend of Gabrielle Demedts’ parents, had died.
References
- H. van Buuren, ‘Is dit genoeg?’, in: Wending 36 (1981) 10, p. 562-566
- Verthé, ‘Aandacht voor … Gabriëlle Demedts’, in: Vlaanderen 43 (1994) 251, p. 105-107
- Chr. D’Haen, ‘Gabriëlle Demedts’, in: Verslagen en Medededelingen Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde (1997) 1, p. 37-42.
- Declercq, Nico F. (2021). "chapters 34.5 and 34.9". The Desclergues of la Villa Ducal de Montblanc (First ed.). Kortrijk, Belgium. p. 1384. ISBN 9789083176901. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Gabrielle Demedts, 'Rustig lied', February 1934, Dietsche Warande en Belfort, Jaargang 1935, page 690.
- Gabrielle Demedts, 'Lage tonen', February 1934, Dietsche Warande en Belfort, Jaargang 1936, page 19.
- Gabrielle Demedts, 'Zomer', Dietsche Warande en Belfort, 1939
- Gabrielle Demedts, 'Ik heb gedaan...', 'Dietsche Warande en Belfort', Jaargang 93, 1948, page 538.
Bibliography
- Een gevangene zingt (1937) (The prisoner sings)
- Een twijg in de wind (1939) (A twig in the wind)
- Morgen is alles uit (1940) (Tomorrow all is over)
- Verloren thuis (1946) (Lost home)
- De doorgang (1957) (Trespass)
- Levensberichten en liederen (1974) (Poems and Songs about life)
- Klanken van eeuwigheid in aardse stem (1974) (Songs of eternity in an earthly voice)
- Verzamelde gedichten (1979) (Collected poems)
External links
- Biography and Bibliography Archived December 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Iris Van de Casteele, De Poëzietuin, 11 februari 1994
- Biography and Bibliography Archived March 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Louis' Thuispagina – VLAAMSE SCHRIJVERS
- Biography and Bibliography gedichten.nl: biografie
- Bibliography Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren