Gaston Burssens
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Born
18 February 1896
Gaston Karel Mathilde Burssens
18 February 1896
Occupationpoet
Gaston Burssens | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gaston Karel Mathilde Burssens 18 February 1896 |
| Died | 29 January 1965 (aged 68) |
| Occupation | poet |
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.
Like that of Paul van Ostaijen, Burssens' work in the 1920s 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.
