- August Vermeylen
August Vermeylen (1872–1945) was a Belgian writer and literature critic. In
1893 he founded the journal "Van Nu en Straks" (E: today and tomorrow). He studied history a theUniversité Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and became a professor of literature and of art history at the ULB (1901–1923). In addition to many works of literary and art criticism, he wrotepoetry and in1906 a novel, "De wandelende Jood" (E: the wandering Jew). The cultural organization, theVermeylenfonds was named after him.Politically, Vermeylen supported both the unitarian Belgian state (to the point of condemning the Flemish Pro-German activists during the
first World War ) and an equal status for theDutch language in that state. From1921 to his death he was a senator for theBelgian Labour Party . In1930 , he became the first rector of the newly Dutchified FlemishUniversiteit Gent (Ghent ). In1938 , he became vice-president of the Senate. In1940 , he was removed from all his official functions by the German occupation force.August Vermeylen was the father of the Belgian socialist politician,
Piet Vermeylen .Bibliography
* Het twaalfjarig bestand (thesis, 1894)
* Eene jeugd (essay, 1896)
* Leven en werken van Jonker Jan van der Noot (thesis, 1899)
* Vlaamsche en Europeesche beweging (essay, 1900)
* Verzamelde opstellen, eerste bundel (1904, published again in 1922)
* Verzamelde opstellen, tweede bundel (1905, published again in 1924)
* Kritiek der Vlaamsche Beweging (essay, 1906)
* Les lettres néerlandaises en Belgique depuis 1830 (1906)
* De wandelende Jood (roman, 1906)
* Quelques aspects de la question des langues en Belgique (1918)
* La flamandisation de l'université de Gand / De vervlaamsching der Gentsche Hoogeschool (1920)
* Geschiedenis der Europeesche plastiek en schilderkunst in Middeleeuwen en Nieuweren Tijd (studie, 3 delen, 1921-1922-1925)
* Van Gezelle tot Timmermans (1923)
* Impressions de Russie (1932)
* Hieronymus Bosch (1939)
* Beschouwingen. Een nieuwe reeks verzamelde opstellen (1942)
* Twee vrienden (autobiography, 1943)
* De Taak (1946)
* Van de catacomben tot Greco (1946)
* Verzameld werk (6 parts, 1951-1955)ources
* [http://www.vub.ac.be/vlaamsestudenteninbrussel/personen/augustvermeylen.html August Vermeylen] (Univ. of Brussels)
* [http://www.briobrussel.be/assets/andere%20publicaties/august%20vermeylen.pdf History of the Vermeylenfonds]External links
* [http://users.telenet.be/louis.jacobs/Vermeylen.htm Vermeylen and Flemish nationalism]
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