Christine D'Haen

Christine D'haen
Born	25 October 1923(1923-10-25) Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium
Died	3 September 2009(2009-09-03) (aged 85) Bruges, Belgium
Nationality	Belgium
Occupation	poet, writer

Christine D'haen (25 October 1923 – 3 September 2009) was a Flemish author and poet. She was born in Sint-Amandsberg and died at Bruges.

D'haen studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent and continued her studies in Amsterdam and Edinburgh. She settled in Bruges and became a teacher at high school. She made an inventory of the handwritings of Guido Gezelle while working at the Gezelle archive. She wrote a biography of Guido Gezelle and also translated work of Hugo Claus into English.

In 1958 her first book of poetry, Gedichten 1946-1958 (Poems 1946-1958), was published.

Bibliography

• Gedichten 1946-1958 (1958)
• Vanwaar zal ik u lof toezingen? (1966)
• Gezelle, Poems/Gedichten (1971)
• Ick sluit van daegh een ring (1975)
• Onyx (1983)
• De wonde in 't hert (1988)
• Mirages (1989)
• Zwarte sneeuw (1989)
• Duizend-en-drie (1992)
• Een brokaten brief (1992)
• Merencolie (1992)
• Morgane (1995)
• Een paal, een steen (1996)
• De zoon van de Zon (1997)
• Bérénice (1998)
• Dodecaëder/Dantis meditatio (1998)
• Het geheim dat ik draag (1998)
• Kalkmarkt 6, De stad en Het begin (1999)
• Het huwelijk (novel, 2000)

Awards

• 1951 - Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
• 1991 - Anna Bijnsprijs of the Dutch literature
• 1992 - Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren

See also

Poetry portal

• Flemish literature

References

• Christine D'haen biodata
• P.G. Buckinx, Jaarb. Kon. Acad. v. Nederl. Taal- en Letterk. (1976)
• P. Claes, Kritisch lexicon van de Nederlandstalige literatuur na 1945 (1980)

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Name	D'haen, Christine
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Date of birth	25 October 1923
Place of birth	Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium
Date of death	3 September 2009
Place of death	Bruges, Belgium