- Johan Michiel Dautzenberg
Johan Michiel Dautzenberg (
Heerlen ,6 December ,1808 —Elsene ,4 February ,1869 ) was a Belgian writer. Professionally he was successively secretary, clerk, teacher, private teacher, and bookkeeper.He wrote poems on nature, songs, novels, poems concerning the
Flemish movement . According toAugust Vermeylen , he was the first consciously Flemish writer. With his "Beknopte prosodie der Nederduitsche taal (E: Concise prosody of the Dutch language), he tried to convince his fellow poets to return to the classical metrics of poetry. His work shows a strong German literary influence, and he translated "Loverkens" ofHoffmann von Fallersleben .In 1850 his first work appeared ‘’’Gedichten’’’ (Poems), and a
literature study called ‘’’Beknopte Prosodia der Nederduitsche Taal’’’. Many poems, songs, and literature studies followed, including an ode to miners. In 1857, he, together with some friends, started the teachers-journal ‘’’de Toekomst’’’ (the future).He translated the "Odes" of Horatius, which were published in 1923. In 1850, he published a collection of poems. In 1857, he founded the illustrated magazine "De Toekomst" (E: The Future), a magazine for teachers. A collection of his poems was published in 1869, after his death, by his son-in-law
Frans de Cort as "Verspreide en nagelaten gedichten"'.In the year of his death, his
son-in-law , the poetFrans de Cort , published the work 'Verspreide en nagelaten Gedichten'. Fifthy odes toHoratius were found back in 1910 and subsequently published. Later still 70 letters, which were stored in thePlatijn-Moretus-museum ,Antwerp , were published.Bibliography
* Gedichten (1850)
* Loverkens (1852)
* Beknopte prosodie der Nederduitsche taal (1859)
* De doop (1867)
* De moriljen (1867)
* Verspreide en nagelaten gedichten (1869)
* Oden (1923)ee also
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Flemish literature ource
* [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bork001schr01_01/bork001schr01_01_0235.htm Johan Michiel Dautzenberg]
* [http://users.pandora.be/louis.jacobs/Dautzenberg.html Johan Michiel Dautzenberg]
* T. Verschaffel, "Belg door inborst, door neigingen, door zeden", Handel. Kon. Zuid-Ned. Mij voor Taal- en Letterkunde 54 (2000), p. 335-355.
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