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Gaston Karel Mathilde Burssens (18 February 1896 – 29 January 1965) was a Belgian Expressionist poet. He studied at the Dutch-language Von Bissing University in Ghent during the German occupation of Belgium during World War I.

Gaston Burssens
Born	Gaston Karel Mathilde Burssens (1896-02-18)18 February 1896 Dendermonde, Belgium
Died	29 January 1965(1965-01-29) (aged 68) Antwerp, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation	poet

Biography

Like that of Paul van Ostaijen, during the 1920s his work evolved from humanitarian expressionism towards a more organic expressionism — upon which his poetry stayed focused on musicality. Van Ostaijen's not earlier published poems were published posthumously by Burssens.

Burssens received the 'Driejaarlijkse Prijs voor Poëzie', a reward for poetry granted every third year, for 1950-52, and once again for 1956-58.

Works

• 1918 Verzen
• 1919 De Yadefluit
• 1920 Liederen uit de stad en uit de sel
• 1924 Piano
• 1926 Enzovoort
• 1930 Klemmen voor zangvogels
• 1933 Paul van Ostaijen zoals hij was en is
• 1935 French en andere cancan
• 1941 De eeuw van Pericles
• 1943 Elegie
• -- Floris Jespers
• 1945 Fabula rasa
• 1946 12 niggersongs
• 1952 Pegasos van Troja
• -- Boy
• 1954 Ode
• 1956 Floris Jespers
• -- Paul van Ostaijen
• -- Het neusje van de inktvis
• 1956 Debuut met Plagiaat
• 1958 Adieu
• 1961 Posthume verzen
• 1981 Verzameld proza
• 2005 Alles is mogelijk in een gedicht. Verzamelde verzen 1914-1965

References

External links

• "Gaston Burssens" (in Dutch). dbnl. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

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