Gabriëlle Demedts

Gabriëlle Demedts (Wielsbeke, June 11, 1909 – Kortrijk, September 6, 2002) was a Flemish Belgian poet.[1][2][3] She was a sibling of André Demedts. In 1934 she wrote her first poems and in 1937 she publish her first work "Een gevangene zingt" (The prisoner sings). As a young child she was struck by Poliomyelitis which has determined the rest of her life.

Gabriëlle Demedts
Gabriëlle Demedts together with her brother André Demedts and with the Declercq family, around 1923.
BornWielsbeke, Belgium
DiedKortrijk, Belgium
Pen nameMaria Houtland
LanguageDutch
NationalityBelgium
CitizenshipBelgium

References
  1. H. van Buuren, ‘Is dit genoeg?’, in: Wending 36 (1981) 10, p. 562-566
  2. Verthé, ‘Aandacht voor … Gabriëlle Demedts’, in: Vlaanderen 43 (1994) 251, p. 105-107
  3. Chr. D’Haen, ‘Gabriëlle Demedts’, in: Verslagen en Medededelingen Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde (1997) 1, p. 37-42.

Bibliography
  • Een gevangene zingt (1937) (The prisoner sings)
  • Een twijg in de wind (1939) (A twig in the wind)
  • Morgen is alles uit (1940) (Tomorrow all is over)
  • Verloren thuis (1946) (Lost home)
  • De doorgang (1957) (Trespass)
  • Levensberichten en liederen (1974) (Poems and Songs about life)
  • Klanken van eeuwigheid in aardse stem (1974) (Songs of eternity in an earthly voice)
  • Verzamelde gedichten (1979) (Collected poems)
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