André Schmitz (17 August 1929 – 15 January 2016) was a Belgian poet.
He stayed in
Central Africa
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,
Lebanon
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,
Quebec
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, and
India
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.
Awards
In 1987, he won the
A. and J. Goffin Prize Foundation for all of his culminated work, and 2000 he received the
Mallarmé prize Mallarmé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* André Mallarmé (1877–1956), French politician
* Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898), French poet and critic
* François-René-Auguste Mallarmé (1755–1835), politician during ...
for ''Incises incisions''.
He also received the
French Community of Belgium
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quinquennial prize of literature for (culmination of work), and
Tristan Tzara prize for ''scraping wings''.
Works
*''For the Love of Fire,'' the Artists, 1961
*''Double Voice and attached'', editions of Aquarius, 1965
*''Soleils rauques'', Andre de Rache, Brussels 1973 (triennial prize for Literature, Brussels 1975)
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* (Tristan Tzara prize, Paris 1991)
*''Scraping wing, The Tree lyrics'' (Amay), Phi (Luxembourg), The Writings of ironworks (Quebec), 1994
* (Academy Award Mallarme 2000)
*''A little rain between the teeth,'' poems, Protis-L'Arbre to Words, 2000
*''In the prose of days, Anthology 1961 - 2001,'' Introduction - Study Dobzynski Charles, La Renaissance du livre, 2001
References
External links
"poet André Schmitz, article and biography of the author
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1929 births
2016 deaths
Belgian male poets