Libera Carlier (19 January 1926 in

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– 25 April 2007 in

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) was a

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seaman and writer. He attended the ''Hogere Zeevaartschool'' (E: higher seagoing school) and was a member of the resistance during

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. When sixteen years old he ran away from home during the war and tried to reach the

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, but only got to

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and was sent back. He was married to Joanna Pairoux and has 3 sons: Guy, Robert and Mark. Being a captain and river pilot, his tales and novels are mainly related to the sea and the sailors. He made his debut with ''De zondagsslepers'' (E: The Sunday haulers) in 1957. Well-known works by him are ''Tussen wal en schip'' (E: between rampart and ship) (1977), about the inland shipping, and ''Langs de kade'' (E: along the quay) (1987) with the port police force in the head role. Both were made into TV series. Libera has written the screen play for several series including ''Geschiedenis mijner jeugd'' (E: Memories of my Youth) based on the work of

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. He was nominated for an

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for the script of ''de blijde dag'' by

Stijn Streuvels Stijn Streuvels (3 October 1871, Heule, Kortrijk - 15 August 1969, Ingooigem, Anzegem), born Franciscus (Frank) Petrus Maria Lateur, was a Flemish Belgian writer. Biography He started writing at a very young age. He was inspired by his uncle, th ...

His work has been translated into both French and Russian.

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* De zondagsslepers (1957) * Duel met de tanker (1957) * Action Station Go (1958) * Piraten (1960) * Het kanaal (1961) * De vlucht (1962) * Teder als trotyl (1963) * De kleine reder (1965) (verhaal uit "Dietsche Warande en Belfort") (In "Vlaamse verhalen van deze tijd") * Het oosten is rood (1967) * De luipaard, en andere verhalen (1968) * Het geheim van Altamare (1969) * De kikvorsman (1969) * De grote wedstrijd (1969) * Varen in ballast (1970) * Even be-westen Quessant (1974) * Tussen wal en schip (1977) * Het koperen schip (1980) * Geschiedenis mijner jeugd : faction naar Hendrik Conscience (1983) * Het yacht Bernard (1984) * Langs de kade (1987)

Awards

* 1959 -

Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord The Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord (Ark Prize of the Free Word) is a symbolic award created in 1951 by Herman Teirlinck and the editorial team of the ''Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift'' (New Flemish magazine) to counteract ideologically driven restrictions ...

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Libera Carlier

Libera Carlier
1926 births 2007 deaths Flemish writers Ark Prize of the Free Word winners People from Nijlen {{Belgium-writer-stub

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