Albert Bontridder  | |
|---|---|
| Albert Marcel Alfons Bontridder | |
| Born | April 4, 1921 | 
| Died | December 13, 2015 (aged 94) | 
| Occupation(s) | poet , architect | 
| Years active | 1951 – 2015 | 
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]
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
- 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
- 1957 – Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
 - 1960 – Literaire prijs van de provincie Brabant
 - 1970 – Dirk Martensprijs
 - 1972 – Jan Campertprijs
 
See also
References
- ↑ "Décès de l'architecte et poète flamand Albert Bontridder" (in French). Le Soir. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
 
Sources
- Albert Bontridder
 - Albert Bontridder
 - Willem M. Roggeman, 'Albert Bontridder' In: Beroepsgeheim 1 (1975)
 
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