Freddy de Vree  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

Freddy de Vree (Antwerp, 3 October 1939-Antwerp, 3 July 2004), pseudonym Marie-Claire de Jonghe was a Belgian poet, literary critic and radiomaker. The past and death play an important role in his oeuvre. He was a friend of W.F. Hermans and Sylvia Kristel.

Freddy de Vree made his literary debut in 1966 with Goudfluit (E: Golden flute). As a poet, he made his debut in 1969 with Jaja (E: Yesyes) and in the same year he published De lemen liefde (E: Love of loam).

Bibliography

• A Pollen in the Air (?)
• Het boek Alfa (?)
• Le tombeau de Pierre Larousse (?)
• Orbis militaris (?)
• Mots pour Karin (1963)
• Blues pour Boris Vian (1965)
• De lemen liefde (1969)
• Jaja (1969)
• A.C. (1971)
• Alsof zij niets was (1973)
• Rita Renoir, enz. (1973)
• Beleggen en beliegen (1975)
• Hugo Claus (1976)
• Pierre Alechinsky (1976)
• Steden en sentimenten (1976)
• De dodenklas (1977)
• Zao Wou-ki (1977)
• Erfgenamen van de dood (1978)
• Mexico vandaag (1982)
• Moravagine of de vervloeking (1982)
• Karel Appel (1983)
• Chicago! (1984)
• Jan Cremer (1984)
• De God Denkbaar Denkbaar De God (1985)
• Wyckaert (1986)
• Drie ogen zo blauw (1987)
• Jan Vanriet (1996)

Awards

• 1977 - Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord

See also

• Flemish literature

Source

• Freddy de Vree
• G.J. van Bork en P.J. Verkruijsse, De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs (1985)