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Ivo Michiels

1923 – 2012

Belgian writer

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Lived 1923 – 2012 (aged 89). Ivo Michiels was a Belgian writer, film director, screenwriter, journalist, poet and visual artist.

Henri Paul René Ceuppens (8 January 1923 – 7 October 2012), who wrote under the pseudonym Ivo Michiels, was a Belgian writer.

Biography Michiels was born in Mortsel. During World War II he was employed as a nurse in a hospital in Lübeck in Germany. He worked as a laboratory assistant for a while, and from 1948 up to 1957 he worked as a journalist at Het Handelsblad. In 1965, he married Christiane Faes. From 1957 up to 1978 he worked at the publisher Ontwikkeling (E: Development).

From 1959 until 1983 he was editor, and editorial secretary of the Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift. From 1966 up to 1978 he also taught at the Hoger Rijksinstituut voor Toneel- en Cultuurspreiding in Brussels. In 1979, he established himself as a full-time writer in the Vaucluse (France). He died, aged 89, in Le Barroux.

Awards 1958 – Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord for Het afscheid. 1977 – Prijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor Proza—then named Driejaarlijkse Staatsprijs voor verhalend proza—for Een tuin tussen hond en wolf 1990 – Emile Bernheim-prijs for his works 1993 – Prijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap 2012 – America Award from The Contemporary Arts Educational Project "for his lifetime contribution to international writing". Previous winners of this "alternatif Nobel Prize in Literature" were, amongst others, Harold Pinter (1995), Peter Handke (2002), José Saramago (2004) en Javier Marías (2010)

List of works Begrensde verten (1946, poetry) Daar tegenover (1947, poetry) Zo, ga dan (1947, novelle) Het vonnis (1949, novel) Kruistocht der jongelingen (1951, novel) Spaans capriccio (1952, short storie) De ogenbank (1953, novel) De meeuwen sterven in de haven (1955, novel, films cenario), made into a film of the same name in 1956 Het afscheid (1957, novel) Journal brut, Ikjes sprokkelen (1958, novel) Albisola Mare, Savona (1959, novel) Dertien Vlamingen (1961, bloemlezing) Het boek Alfa (1963, novel) Frans Dille (1963, essay) Antwerpen, stad aan de stroom (tekst bij fotoalbum van F. Tas) (1965) Verhalen uit Journal brut (1966) Het afscheid (1966, film scenario) Orchis militaris (1968, novel) Exit (1971, novel) Jef Verheyen, 40 (1972, bibliophile edition) Alechinsky (1973, essay) Samuel, o Samuel (1973, radio play) Dieric Bouts (1975, film scenario) Een tuin tussen hond en wolf (1977, novel, film scenario) Itinerarium (1979, essay) Dixi(t) (1979, novel) Luister hoe dit beeld hoe die lijn hoe die kleur hoe dit vlak luister (1979, essays) Een letterwerker aan het woord (1980) De vrouwen van de aarstengel (1983, novel) De toverberg in Sank Seb (1984, uit "De vrouwen van de aartsengel", in "Vlaamse verhalen na 1965") Het boek der nauwe relaties (1985) Vlaanderen, ook een land (1987) Prima materia (1989) Ondergrond bovengronds (1991) Schildwacht schuldwacht (1993) Daar komen scherven van (1995) Sissi (1997) De verrukking (1999, novel) De mirakelen, Elizabeth, de mirakelen (?)

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Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord; Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize; America Award in Literature; Dirk Martensprijs; Literature Prize of the Flemish Provinces

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Ivo Michiels?

Belgian writer (1923-2012)

When was Ivo Michiels born?

Ivo Michiels was born on 8 January 1923 in Mortsel.

When did Ivo Michiels die?

Ivo Michiels died on 7 October 2012 in Le Barroux.

What was Ivo Michiels's occupation?

Ivo Michiels was a writer, film director, screenwriter, journalist, poet and visual artist.

What nationality was Ivo Michiels?

Ivo Michiels was Belgian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ivo Michiels

· Wikidata: Q1675791

· DBpedia: Ivo Michiels

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