- Philip Blommaert
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portaldisp =Philip Blommaert (
Ghent ,24 August 1809 -14 August ,1871 ) was a Flemish writer.He earned his living as a private scholar and was as a friend and comrade of
Hendrik Conscience in favor for the Dutch inBelgium .In 1834 he had poems written for the Flemish magazine "Letteroefeningen" in Dutch, but with little success because of their rough language. Together with
Jan Frans Willems he worked for several Belgian magazines against the influence of the French language in Flanders, and in 1840 was one of the co-autors of the "Vlaams petitionnement" (E: Flemish petition) to support the Flemish cause in Belgium.Of more importance was the publication of Dutch poems from the 12.-14. Century, such as "Theophilus" (Ghent 1836, 2. edition 1858), and "Oudvlaemsche gedichten" (1838-1851, 3 Volumes.), as well as a Dutch translation of the
Nibelungenlied in jambic verse.His most famous work was the "Aloude geschiedenis der Belgen of Nederduitschers" (Ghent 1849), where he gave his opinion that the nether-German areas are destined, despite their political divisions, to the fulfillment of a high cultural-historical idea.
Later years
In 1860 he became a member the of the Royal Belgian Academy, where he took part in the work of the commission for the publication of a Flemish cultural monument. He had started working on the publication
Jacob van Maerlant 's just discovered poem "Van Troyen" when he died.ee also
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Flemish literature ource
* [http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/flemish-literature/ Flemish literature]
* [http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=blom013 Philip Blommaert]
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