- Johan Daisne
Johan Daisne was the
pseudonym of Dutch author Herman Thiery (2 September 1912 –9 August 1978 ). Born inGhent ,Belgium , he attended the Koninklijk Atheneum before studyingEconomics andSlavic languages atGhent University , receiving his doctorate in 1936. In 1945 he was appointed chief librarian of the city of Ghent.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 with
Hubert Lampo , he was one of the pioneers ofmagic realism in theDutch language 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 film festival.Translations into English
*The Man Who Cut His Hair Short (1965)
*Filmographic Dictionary of World Literature (1971) ISBN 0391015850
*Writing in Holland and Flanders 31 (1972) (by Johan Daisne and Jacques Hamelink)ee also
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Flemish literature External links
* [http://www.daisne.bewoner.antwerpen.be/ Studiecentrum Johan Daisne]
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