Dinger willem n (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. (Wilrijk-Antwerp/Bussum: Burssens, G./Dinger, W.N., March), (1928)., (1928). Good. - Octavo, 10 inches high by 6-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed tan wraps. The darkened wraps are chipped at the edges. There is a split along the bottom 3 inches of the spine. 48 pages, with 2 full-page illustrations after drawings by Ch. Roelofsz and Kor Postma. The pages are darkened with minor chipping along the top edge. A good copy of a fragile periodical.Among the contents of this second issue are two poems by Paul van Ostaijen; a prose piece, "Ieder zijn Kwelling", by Eddy du Perron [Charles E. du Perron; 1899-1940]; two poems and an essay "Charlie Chaplin en de Revolutie" by Flemish writer Gaston Burssens [1896-1965]; "Romanisches Cafe" by Hendrik Marsman [1899-1940]; a play, "Het Spookslot" and two prose pieces, "Man en Paard" & "Stadspanorama", by Reinder Blijstra [1901-1975]; and two pieces in verse, "Amoureuse Kwadrijnen" & "Het Noodlot", and three prose pieces, "Het Einde Van De Ijdele Man", "De Insektooloog In Bed" & "Portretstudie" by Willem Nicolaas Dinger [?1889-1946].Paul van Ostaijen [1896-1928] was a Flemish poet and writer. His nickname was "Mister 1830", because of his habit of walking along the streets of Antwerp dressed as a dandy from the year Belgium became separate from the Netherlands. Though his style was very much his own, his poetry showed influences of Modernism, Expressionism, Dadaism and early Surrealism. He was an active Flamingant, a supporter of Flemish independence. Because of his involvement in Flemish activism during World War I, he had to flee to Berlin, a center of Dadaism and Expressionism, where he met many other artists. After he returned to Belgium, he opened an art gallery in Brussels. He died of tuberculosis in March 1928, only a month after the publication of the first issue of this magazine.Rare.…