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Herman de Coninck was born on 21 February, 1944 in Mechelen, Belgium, is a Belgian poet and journalist (1944–1997). Discover Herman de Coninck's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

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Occupation Poet, essayist, journalist
Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 21 February, 1944
Birthday 21 February
Birthplace Mechelen, Belgium
Date of death 22 May, 1997
Died Place Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality Belgium

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1944

Herman de Coninck (21 February 1944 – 22 May 1997) was a Belgian poet, essayist, journalist and publisher.

Herman de Coninck was born in Mechelen, Belgium, where his parents ran a Catholic bookshop.

He attended the Sint-Rombouts College in Mechelen where he contributed to the school newspaper.

Determined to become a writer, he studied Germanic philology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

While in Leuven he wrote for the University paper Universitas.

1966

Graduating in 1966, he took up teaching in Berchem while he lived in Heverlee, near Leuven.

1967

In 1967 he fulfilled his compulsory civilian duty in the Belgian army.

1969

His first volume, De Lenige Liefde, appeared in 1969, becoming the best-selling volume of 20th-century Flemish poetry and winning literary prizes such as the "Yang-prijs" (1969) and the "Prijs van de Provincie Antwerpen" (1971).

The collection has a relativating tone, and not seldom the poems have an ironic undertone.

1970

In 1970 he left teaching to become an editor of the weekly magazine HUMO, a post he held until 1983.

During this period he regularly delivered interviews together with Piet Piryns.

1971

The death of de Coninck's first wife, An Somers, in a car accident in 1971 began a difficult period in his life.

1972

These interviews were collected and published as Woe is Woe in de Nedderlens in 1972.

1975

The loss of his wife deeply influenced his second volume of poetry, Zolang er sneeuw ligt(1975).

1976

The collection won both the "Dirk Martensprijs van de Stad Aalst" (1976) and the "Prijs van de Vlaamse Provincieën" (1978).

1980

Later collections, such as Met een Klank van Hobo (1980) and De Hectaren van het Geheugen (1985) show a shift to a more romantic topos in his poetry.

1983

Tired of interviews, he became editor-in-chief of the magazine Nieuw Wereldtijdschrift in 1983 until the time of his death.

Under his direction, NWT combined journalism and literature.

Since De Coninck was less of a businessman than a writer, the magazine was not a commercial success.

His essays on poetry were collected and published as Over de troost van pessimisme (1983), De flaptekstlezer (1992) and Intimiteit onder de melkweg (1994).

De Coninck was also a prolific letter-writer, keeping the letters he received and making copies of all the letters he sent.

His estate contained 15,000 letters.

1991

He also published the collections "Enkelvoud" (1991), "Schoolslag" (1994) and "Vingerafdrukken" (1997).

1997

While on his way to a literary colloquium with several other Flemish and Dutch poets and writers (amongst them Hugo Claus, Anna Enquist and Gerrit Komrij), Herman de Coninck collapsed in the streets of Lisbon, Portugal on May 22, 1997.

He died there at the age of 53 from a heart failure.

1998

A year later, his widow Kristien Hemmerechts wrote a very personal and biographical monologue entitled Taal Zonder Mij (1998).

As a poet, De Coninck aimed to produce poetry for the masses.

In 1998, a minor planet was named after de Coninck.

2004

A collection of these, selected and edited by Hugo Brems, was published as Een aangename postumiteit in 2004.

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