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Johan Daisne was the
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1912 births 1978 deaths Flemish writers Belgian male screenwriters Ghent University alumni 20th-century Belgian screenwriters {{Belgium-writer-stub
Johan Daisne was the pseudonym
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of Flemish author Herman Thiery (2 September 1912 – 9 August 1978). Born in Ghent
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, Belgium
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, he attended the Koninklijk Atheneum before studying Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
and Slavic languages
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at Ghent University
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, receiving his doctorate in 1936. In 1945 he was appointed chief librarian of the city of Ghent.
Biography
Thiery began writing under the pen-name Johan Daisne in 1935, with the publication of a collection of poetry entitled ''Verzen''. This was followed by other poetical works including ''Het einde van een zomer '' (1940), ''Ikonakind'' (1946), ''Het kruid-aan-de-balk'' (1953) and ''De nacht komt gauw genoeg'' (1961). Together withHubert Lampo
Hubert Leon Lampo (Antwerp, 1 September 1920 – Essen, 12 July 2006) was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is '' De komst van Joachim Stiller'' ("The coming of Joachim Stiller", 1960), in wh ...
, he was one of the pioneers of magic realism
Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is a style or genre of fiction and art that presents a realistic view of the world while incorporating magical elements, often blurring the lines between speculation and reality. ''Magical re ...
in the Dutch language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speak ...
writing with his novels, the best known of which are ''De trap van steen en wolken'' (1942), '' De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen'' (1947) (translated as ''The man who had his hair cut short'', 1965), and ''De trein der traagheid'' (1953).
He also wrote screenplays, radio plays and non-fiction. His quadrilingual ''Filmografisch lexicon der wereldliteratuur'' (3 volumes, 1971, 1973 and 1978) developed from his association with the Knokke
Knokke () is a town in the municipality of Knokke-Heist, which is located in the province of West Flanders in Flanders, Belgium. The town itself has 15,708 inhabitants (2007), while the municipality of Knokke-Heist has 33,818 inhabitants (2009).
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film festival.
Translations into English
* The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965) *Filmographic Dictionary of World Literature (1971) *Writing in Holland and Flanders 31 (1972) (by Johan Daisne and Jacques Hamelink)See also
*Flemish literature
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External links
* *Studiecentrum Johan Daisne
1912 births 1978 deaths Flemish writers Belgian male screenwriters Ghent University alumni 20th-century Belgian screenwriters {{Belgium-writer-stub