Ferdinand Henri Leon van der Auwera (1929-11-26)26 November 1929 Antwerp, Belgium
Died
27 October 2015(2015-10-27) (aged 85) Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation
Playwright, novelist, poet
Ferdinand Van der Auwera (26 November 1929, in
Antwerp – 27 October 2015),
pseudonymFernand Auwera was a
Belgian writer.[1] His fragile health during his youth and its impact on his life (solitude), had an effect on his first literary work.[2]
Life and work
He started his career as a
civil servant and worked for the journal Volkskrant and the literary magazine Dietsche Warande en Belfort. He made his literary debut with the
psychological novelDe weddenschap (E: The bet) in (1963). Later he made the statement that he wrote as a therapy, such as with Zelfportret met gesloten ogen (E: Self-portrait with closed eyes) (1973) and Uit het raam springen moet als nutteloos worden beschouwd (E: Jumping out of the window must be considered useless) (1983), which was made into a movie Springen. In Schrijven of schieten (E: Writing or shooting) (1969) and Geen daden maar woorden (E: No deeds but words) (1970), he published several interviews with fellow writers. In addition he wrote some books for children and literary essays. He contributed to the
screenplays of the movies De Witte van Sichem (1980) after
Ernest Claes and
Lijmen/Het Been (2000) after
Willem Elsschot.[3]
Bibliography
Novels
1963 - De weddenschap
1963 - Het manneke en de roestige ridders
? - Het manneke en de zielige zeerovers
? - Het manneke en de grimmige goochelaar
1964 - De donderzonen
1965 - De koning van de bijen
1967 - Mathias ‘t Kofschip
1968 - In memoriam A.L.
1969 - Vogels met rode beulskoppen
1973 - Zelfportret met gesloten ogen
1974 - We beginnen de dag opgeruimd en lopen rond de tafel
1976 - Bloemen verwelken, schepen vergaan...
1977 - Zonder onderschriften, 'n kleurboek voor volwassenen
1978 - De nachtridders
1978 - Ik wou dat ik een marathonloper was
1983 - Uit het raam springen moet als nutteloos worden beschouwd. Adapted into
Jumping (film)