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Johan Daisne was the
Studiecentrum Johan Daisne
1912 births 1978 deaths Flemish writers Belgian screenwriters Ghent University alumni 20th-century screenwriters {{Belgium-writer-stub
Johan Daisne was the pseudonym
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of Flemish author Herman Thiery (2 September 1912 – 9 August 1978). Born in Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...
, Belgium
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, he attended the Koninklijk Atheneum before studying Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
and Slavic languages
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at Ghent University
Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium.
Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the ...
, receiving his doctorate in 1936. In 1945 he was appointed chief librarian of the city of Ghent.
Biography
Thiery began writing under the pen-name Johan Daisne in 1935, with the publication of a collection of poetry entitled ''Verzen''. This was followed by other poetical works including ''Het einde van een zomer '' (1940), ''Ikonakind'' (1946), ''Het kruid-aan-de-balk'' (1953) and ''De nacht komt gauw genoeg'' (1961). Together withHubert Lampo
Hubert Leon Lampo ( Antwerp, 1 September 1920 – Essen, 12 July 2006) was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is '' De komst van Joachim Stiller'' ("The coming of Joachim Stiller", 1960), in ...
, he was one of the pioneers of magic realism in the Dutch language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-Europea ...
writing with his novels, the best known of which are ''De trap van steen en wolken'' (1942), '' De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen'' (1947) (translated as ''The man who had his hair cut short'', 1965), and ''De trein der traagheid'' (1953).
He also wrote screenplays, radio plays and non-fiction. His quadrilingual ''Filmografisch lexicon der wereldliteratuur'' (3 volumes, 1971, 1973 and 1978) developed from his association with the Knokke
Knokke () is a town in the municipality of Knokke-Heist, which is located in the province of West Flanders in Flanders, Belgium. The town itself has 15,708 inhabitants (2007), while the municipality of Knokke-Heist has 33,818 inhabitants (2009).
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film festival.
Translations into English
*The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short
''The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short'' () is a 1947 novel by the Flemish writer Johan Daisne. It tells the story of a teacher at a girls' school who falls in love with one of his students; he moves from the town and changes profession in order to a ...
(1965)
*Filmographic Dictionary of World Literature (1971)
*Writing in Holland and Flanders 31 (1972) (by Johan Daisne and Jacques Hamelink)
See also
*Flemish literature Flemish literature is literature from Flanders, historically a region comprising parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Until the early 19th century, this literature was regarded as an integral part of Dutch literature. After Bel ...
External links
* *Studiecentrum Johan Daisne
1912 births 1978 deaths Flemish writers Belgian screenwriters Ghent University alumni 20th-century screenwriters {{Belgium-writer-stub