Frans Jozef de Cort (21 June 1834, in
Antwerp
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– 18 January 1878, in
Elsene), was a
Flemish
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writer.
Life
De Cort was born and brought up in Antwerp, where he became a shipping clerk, in 1861 moving to Brussels to serve as clerk of the military court.
[Frans Jozef de Cort]
in ''Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde'', edited by F. Jos. van den Branden and J.G. Frederiks (1888–1891), on Digital Library for Dutch Literature
Together with
Jan Theodoor van Rijswijck he published the journal ''De Grondwet'' from 1857 to 1858.
[ From 1858 to 1861 he was editor of the magazine ''De Schelde''.][ From 1861 onwards he was ]editor-in-chief
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of ''De Toekomst'', an illustrated educational magazine founded by his father-in-law Johan Michiel Dautzenberg
Johan Michiel Dautzenberg (6 December 1808, in Heerlen – 4 February 1869, in Elsene) was a Belgian writer. Professionally he was successively secretary, clerk, teacher, private tutor, and bookkeeper.
He wrote poems on nature, songs, novels, ...
. He was a convinced Flemish-liberal poet, and he wrote songs like those of Jan Theodoor van Rijswijck, and also more romantic songs, such as ''Moeder en kind'' (meaning "Mother and child"), which excelled by their simplicity.
He devoted himself to the more technical side of poetry and translated songs by Robert Burns
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the List of national poets, national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the be ...
(''De schoonste liederen van R. Burns'', 1862) and the ''Odes'' of Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), Suetonius, Life of Horace commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). Th ...
.
Bibliography
* ''Liederen, eerste reeks'' (Antwerp, 1857)
* ''Liederen, tweede reeks'' (Antwerp, 1859)
* ''De schoonste Liederen van Robert Burns'' (Brussels, 1862)
* ''Het gebruik der talen in België'', under the pen name
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A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...
Frans Reynen (Brussels, 1864)
* ''Zingzang'' (Brussels, 1866)
* ''Liederen'' (Groningen, 1868)In the Digital Library for Dutch Literature
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See also
* Flemish literature
Flemish literature is literature from Flanders, historically a region comprising parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Until the early 19th century, this literature was regarded as an integral part of Dutch literature. After B ...
References
External links
Poems
1834 births
1878 deaths
Writers from Antwerp
Flemish poets
19th-century Belgian poets
19th-century Belgian male writers
English–Dutch translators
19th-century translators
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