Roland Jooris (born 22 July 1936) is a
Belgian poet and writer on contemporary art. He was born at
Wetteren
Wetteren () is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders, comprising the towns of , and Wetteren proper. In 2021 it had a population of 26,206. Its total area is 36.68 km2.
Educational institutions
* GemeenschapsonderwijNo ...
. Jooris graduated as a teacher for secondary education (high school) in Germanic languages and was a teacher at the State Technical Institute in
Lokeren
Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second ...
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Bibliography
* ''Gitaar'' (1956)
* ''Bluebird'' (1958)
* ''Een konsumptief landschap'' (1969)
* ''Laarne'' (1971)
* ''More is less'' (1972)
* ''Raoul de Keyser'' (1972) (essay)
* ''Het vierkant op het einde van de zomer'' (1974)
* ''Het museum van de zomer'' (1974)
* ''Atelier'' (1975), interviews
* ''Bladstil'' (1977)
* ''Roger Raveel en Beervelde'' (1979) (essay)
* ''Akker'' (1982)
* ''Gedichten 1958–1978'' (1987)
* ''Geschilderd of geschreven'' (?)
* ''Gekras'' (2001)
* ''De contouren van het verstrijken'' (2008)
Awards
* 1976 - Tweejaarlijkse prijs voor poëzie van De Vlaamse Gids
* 1979 - Jan Campertprijs for ''Gedichten 1958–78''
* 1981 - Prijs van de Vlaamse Provincies
See also
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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 ...
Sources
Roland Jooris(in Dutch)
Roland Jooris(in Dutch)
1936 births
Living people
Flemish poets
People from Wetteren
20th-century Belgian writers
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