Frederik Edward Clijmans (17 April 1893 – 15 August 1969) was a Flemish poet and prose writer, he used the pseudonym Fritz Francken.[1][2] He is best known for his war poetry and prose.[3]
Fritz Francken | |
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| Born | Frederik Edward Clijmans 17 April 1893 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | 15 August 1969 (aged 76) Antwerp, Belgium |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, prose writer |
Clijmans initially worked as a journalist and as a librarian. Thereafter he concentrated more on writing fiction. His first collection of poems Festijnen uit een huisgetij was published in 1914. Francken fought in the First World War and later wrote about his experiences as a soldier.[4] In the 1930s Francken was head of the tourism department in his native Antwerp for several years. In the course of his life he concentrated mainly on stories, novels, essays and memoirs.[5] He mainly wrote about the little things in everyday life.
Bibliography
edit- Het heilige schrijn, collection of war verses, 1918.
- De vijf glorierijke wonden, collection of war verses, 1919.
- Ónder ons, sketches and narrations, 1912-1920.
- De planeet der onsterfelijken novella, 1921.
- Vrijbuiters, stories, 1923
- De laatste nacht van Mata Hari, story, 1923
- De roode pelikaan, stories, 1924.
- Aan het vinkentouw, stories, 1928.
- Een galg vol!, novella, 1929.
- Beknopte geschiedenis van Antwerpen, monograph on the history of Antwerp, 1931.
- Batig saldo, poetry, 1934.
- Met klein zeil, poetry, 1936.
- Korte vertellingen, stories, 1938.
- Verzamelde gedichten, 1941.
- Groote parade en klein garnizoen, stories, 1944.
- Halte op verzoek, stories, 1958.
- Bange Dagen, short stories, 1959.
- Belofte maakt schuld, 1959.
- Galgenaas, short stories, 1960.
- De Sater, short stories, 1961.
- Normandische suite, poetry, 1964.
- Nagras, poetry, 1964
- Silhouetten, short pieces of prose, 1966
- Laatste verzen, poetry, 1968
References
edit- ^ Zoller, Curt; Langworth, Richard M. (2015). Annotated Bibliography of Works About Sir Winston S. Churchill. Taylor & Francis. p. 1943. ISBN 9781317476597. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Suykens, F. (1991). Antwerp The New Spring. MIM Publishing Company. p. 321. ISBN 9789034104700. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Warland, Geneviève, ed. (2019). Experience and Memory of the First World War in Belgium Comparative and Interdisciplinary Insights. Waxmann Verlag GmbH. p. 90. ISBN 9783830988557. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ RUG, ugent.be Fritz Francken[dead link]
- ^ Buelens, Geert (2015). Everything to Nothing The Poetry of the Great War, Revolution and the Transformation of Europe. Verso. ISBN 9781784781514. Retrieved 13 November 2022.