Jan Amandus Van Droogenbroeck (
Sint-Amands, 17 January 1835 -
Schaerbeek
( French and archaic Dutch, ) or (contemporary Dutch, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Etterbeek, Evere and ...
, 27 May 1902),
pseudonym
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''Jan Ferguut'', was a
Flemish
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poet and writer. He was a teacher and a civil servant.
He was a pupil of
Jan Van Beers at the ''Normaalschool'' in
Lier, and a follower of
Johan Michiel Dautzenberg. Jan Van Droogenbroeck contributed to the magazines ''De Toekomst'', ''Noord en Zuid'', and ''Het Nederlandsch Tijdschrift''.
Streets were named after him in
Schaerbeek
( French and archaic Dutch, ) or (contemporary Dutch, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Etterbeek, Evere and ...
and
Sint-Amands.
Bibliography
* ''Makamen en ghazelen'' (1866)
* ''Ondine'' (1867
* ''Dit zijn zonnestralen'' (1873)
* ''Torquato Tasso's dood'' (1873) –
Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso ( , also , ; 11 March 154425 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem ''Gerusalemme liberata'' ( Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between ...
* ''Camoens'' (1879) –
Camoens
* ''De morgen'' (1887)
* ''Spreuken en sproken'' (1891)
* ''Gedichten'' (1894)
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 Bel ...
Sources
Joannes Amandus van Droogenbroeck(Dutch)
(Dutch)
* Daems, S., 'J.A. van Droogenbroeck (Jan Ferguut)', Winkler-Prinzlexicon (1887).
* Muyldermans, J., 'Levensschets van Jan van Droogenbroeck', Jaarboek der Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie 22 (1908).
* van den Bossche, M., 'Bibliografie van en over J.A. van Droogenbroeck, alias Jan Ferguut', Heemkundig Jaarboek Klein-Brabant (1971) 43-64.
* Wittebols, J., 'Over dichter Jan van Droogenbroeck en mijn oude bloemlezingen', Tijdingen Beatrijsgezelschap 14 (1978-1979) nr. 4, p. 20-29.
1835 births
1902 deaths
Flemish writers
People from Puurs-Sint-Amands
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