Albert Bontridder (4 April 1921 – 13 December 2015) was a Belgian architect and writer, born in Anderlecht. In 1953, he married Olga Dohnalova, a Czech refugee, and together they had two children.[1]
Albert Bontridder | |
|---|---|
| Albert Marcel Alfons Bontridder | |
| Born | April 4, 1921 |
| Died | December 13, 2015 (aged 94) |
| Occupation(s) | poet , architect |
| Years active | 1951 – 2015 |
He graduated as an architect in 1942. As an architect, he made the plan for the house of his friend Louis Paul Boon. In 1952 he was a founding member and editor of the magazine Architecture in Brussels. He was an editor of the experimental illustrated magazines Tijd en Mens (E: Time and Man) (1949–1955) and Kentering (E: Change) (1966–1977). He published his first poems in French and he made his actual debut with Hoog water (E: high tide) (1951).
Bibliography
edit- Poésie se brise (poetry, 1951)
- Hoog water (poetry, 1951)
- Dood hout (poetry, 1955)
- Bagatelle – hangende vis (poetry, 1960)
- Jacques Dupuis ou l'architecture perdue et retrouvée (monography, 1961)
- Dialoog tussen licht en stilte (study, 1963)
- Open einde (poetry, 1967)
- De bankreet vader (anthology, 1968)
- Ook de nacht is een zon (poetry, 1969)
- Zelfverbranding (poetry, 1971)
- Gedichten 1942–1972 (1973)
- Voor een waterdruppel (poetry, 1975)
- Vingerknippen naar een vlinder (poetry, 1976)
- Een brug slaan (poetry, 1977)
- Huizen vieren haat (poetry, 1979)
- Gevecht met de rede. Leo Stijnen : leven en werk (essay, 1979)
- Inleiding tot de poëzie van Marcel Wauters (1981)
- Brussel: poëzie over een stad (1981) (and other authors)
- Een oog te veel (poetry, 1984)
- Poésie flamande d' aujoud'hui (essay, 1986)
- Marcel Coole vierde onlangs zijn 80ste verjaardag (article, 1994)
- Versnipperde intenties (poetry, 1997) (and other authors)
- Is de acacia mij bekend (poetry, 1999)
Awards
edit- 1957 – Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
- 1960 – Literaire prijs van de provincie Brabant
- 1970 – Dirk Martensprijs
- 1972 – Jan Campertprijs
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Décès de l'architecte et poète flamand Albert Bontridder" (in French). Le Soir. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
Sources
edit- Albert Bontridder
- Albert Bontridder
- Willem M. Roggeman, 'Albert Bontridder' In: Beroepsgeheim 1 (1975)
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