Mathilda (Til) Brugman (16 September 1888,

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– 24 July 1958, Gouda) was a Dutch author, poet, translator, and linguist.

Biography

From 1926 to 1936, she lived in

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and later in

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with the German

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artist

Hannah Höch Hannah Höch (; 1 November 1889 – 31 May 1978) was a German Dada artist. She is best known for her work of the Weimar Republic, Weimar period, when she was one of the originators of photomontage. Photomontage, or fotomontage, is a type of collag ...

. In 1935, she published ''Scheingehacktes: Grotesken mit Zeichnungen von Hannah Höch''. In her apartment in

, the music room was designed by

Vilmos Huszár Vilmos Huszár (5 January 1884 – 8 September 1960) was a Hungarian painter and designer. He lived in The Netherlands, where he was one of the founding members of the art movement De Stijl. Huszár was born in Budapest, Hungary. He emigra ...

and supplemented with unique furniture of

Gerrit Rietveld Gerrit Rietveld (24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. Early life Rietveld was born in Utrecht on 24 June 1888 as the son of a joiner. He left school at 11 to be apprenticed to his father and enrolled at n ...

. A White Chair was designed by

as a special commission for Til Brugman in 1923. Before Dutch Chair Designer Gerrit Rietveld painted the Red and Blue Chair, he made several mono colored ones. In the room a multi-colored end table by

was also included.

Awards

In 1952, she received the

Marianne Philips Prize Marianne Philips (18 March 1886 – 13 May 1951) was a Dutch writer and politician. In 1919, she became one of the first female municipal council members of the Netherlands. Philips wrote psychological novels. Philips survived World War II by goin ...

and the Novels Prize (Amsterdam) for her work.

Selected works

* Das vertippte Zebra : Lyrik und Prosa * Schijngehakt : grotesken en novellen * Even anders : vier rabbelverzen * Lust en gratie * 5 klankgedichten * Tot hier toe en nog verder : notities * Wat de pop wist * Spiegel en lachspiegel * Eenmaal vrienden altijd vrienden * De zeebruid : roman * Kinderhand * De vlerken * Spanningen * Maras Puppe : eine Puppe erzählt aus ihrem Leben * Wiben en de katten * De houten Christus * Tijl Nix, de tranendroger * Bodem : Marcus van Boven, Gods knaap * Scheingehacktes (Grotesken mit Zeichnungen von Hannah Höch) * Den Haag, KB : 68 D 97a / Brief van Mathilda Maria Petronella Brugman (1888–1958), geschreven aan Rina Louisa Marsman-Barendregt (1897–1953); Brieven, voornamelijk van letterkundigen aan H. Marsman en/of Rina Louisa Marsman-Barendregt * Den Haag, KB : 135 B 333 / De kunstenaar ís zijn werk; Verzameling brieven, foto's, manuscripten e.d. van voornamelijk beeldende kunstenaars, gericht aan en bijeengebracht door Dorothy Mathilda Suermondt (1912–1988) onder meer secretaresse bij de firma Martinus Nijhoff te Den Haag. Achtereenvolgens gehuwd met Josephus Judocus Zacharias ('Jos') Croïn (1894–1949), schilder en Christiaan W. Zeylstra

Some translations by Til Brugman and collaborations with others

* De schooiertjes van Napels -

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* De rijkdommen der aarde : over het huishouden der mensheid : economische aardrijkskunde voor iedereen - Juri Semjonow * De wonderlamp : een kleurig verhaal uit Bagdad - Max Voegeli * Giovanna -

* Penny : het geheim van de jonk van de vriendelijke oostenwind - Hans Baumann / G.B. van Goor * Vevi - Lillegg, Erica / C.P.J. van der Peet * Noes is niet voor de poes - Adrian, G. / C.P.J. van der Peet * De wonderlamp : een kleurig verhaal uit Bagdad voor de jeugd - Max Voegeli * Paul Klee, 1879-1940 -

Will Grohmann Will Grohmann (born 4 December 1887 in Bautzen; died 6 May 1968 in Berlin) was a German art critic and art historian specialized in German Expressionism and abstract art. He was known as the "godfather of modernism". Life and work From 1908 to ...

* De mallemolen - Hans Baumann / G.B. van Goor * Deta en haar dieren : de geschiedenis van een diergaarde-directeur en zijn jonge assistante - Gerti Egg / G.B. van Goor *

De Stijl De Stijl (, ; 'The Style') was a Dutch art movement founded in 1917 by a group of artists and architects based in Leiden (Theo van Doesburg, Jacobus Oud, J.J.P. Oud), Voorburg (Vilmos Huszár, Jan Wils) and Laren, North Holland, Laren (Piet Mo ...

, 1917-1931 / The Style, 1917-1931 The Dutch contribution to modern art. ontaining essays by Piet Mondriaan, translated by Til Brugman. With a bibliography.">Piet_Mondriaan.html" ;"title="ontaining essays by Piet Mondriaan">ontaining essays by Piet Mondriaan, translated by Til Brugman. With a bibliography.by Hans Ludwig C Jaffé

References

Sources

* Marleen Slob, 'De mensen willen niet rijpen, vandaar' : leven en werk van Til Brugman, 1994. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brugman, Til 1888 births 1958 deaths Dutch women poets 20th-century Dutch translators Dutch women novelists Dutch LGBTQ poets Dutch LGBTQ novelists Lesbian novelists Lesbian poets Writers from Amsterdam De Stijl Dada 20th-century Dutch novelists 20th-century Dutch poets 20th-century Dutch women writers 20th-century Dutch linguists Dutch feminist writers