Luc Indestege
Luc Indestege was born in Zonhoven on 5 February 1901 and died in Brussels on 11 July 1974. He was a Dutch-speaking Belgian poet and prose writer.
Life
Indestege studied Germanic philology at the Catholic University of Louvain and obtained his doctorate in 1925 based on his thesis about Henriette Roland Holst. He began his career as a teacher at the Athénée royal de Bruxelles and then became a teaching assistant for the Dutch language at the University of Padua between 1952 and 1956.His literary accomplishment
His melancholy verses made him famous as a poet. He also translated into Dutch from French, Latin and Italian. The texts were written by many foreign writers and poets such as Louise Labé and the Goliards. He also published surveys about Italian literature.In 1942 he was awarded the Auguste Beernaert Prize for his poetry collection Orpheus and Eurudike.
Publications
Vale dicere, 1932 Andioenora, 1934Rondom Erasmus' Lof der zotheid, 1937 De zeven hoofdzonden, 1938Orpheus en Eurudike, 1941 XXIV Sonnetten, 1945 Het geschil tussen dwaasheid en liefde, 1946Estuans intrinsecus, 1950 Quaderno Fiorentino, Indrukken en gesprekken, 1951 De Jonge Leopardi, 1957Kroniek der Italiaanse letteren, 1961Laïs, Lyrisch spel in drie bedrijven, 1964Giovanni Papini, 1968Iets is voorgoed voorbij, 1976Portraits
There are several portraits of Luc Indestege by the painter Jules Lismonde:- Portrait of Luc Indestege, charcoal pencil on paper, 970x650mm
- Sketch for a portrait of Luc Indestege, 1944, graphite on paper, 162x111mm
- Portrait of Luc Indetedge, 1951, charcoal pencilon paper, 1020x820 mm.
- Portrait of Luc Indestedge, 1952,