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Jos Heinz, Antwerp.Paul van Ostaijen
Belgian poet and writer (1896 – 1928)
Paul van Ostaijen | |
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Paul van Ostaijen | |
Born | (1896-02-22)22 February 1896 Antwerp, Belgium |
Died | 18 March 1928(1928-03-18) (aged 32) Miavoye-Anthée, Belgium |
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation(s) | poet, writer |
Paul van Ostaijen (22 February 1896 – 18 March 1928) was a BelgianDutch-language poet and writer.
Nickname
Van Ostaijen was born in Antwerp to Dutch father and Flemish mother. His nickname was Mister 1830, derived from his habit of walking along the streets of Antwerp clothed as a dandy from that year.
His poetry shows influences from Modernism, Expressionism, Dadaism and early Surrealism, but Van Ostaijen's style is very much his own.
Van Ostaijen experimented with visually expressive form—he called it rhythmic typography, as in his Bezette stad (; “Occupied City”)—and finally wrote “pure.
Flamingant
Van Ostaijen was an active flamingant, a supporter of Flemish independence. Because of his involvement with Flemish activism during World War I, he had to flee to Berlin after the war. In Berlin—one of the centers of Dadaism and Exp