Marianne Van Hirtum (20 July 1935 – 11 June 1988) was a Belgian author writing in the French language, connected with the surrealist movement.

She was born in Namur,[1][2] the daughter of Louis Van Hirtum, a doctor at a psychiatric hospital.[3]

Van Hirtum met André Breton in 1959,[1] the same year in which she participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition in Paris.[2] She died in Paris, aged 52.

Bibliography

  • Poèmes pour les petits pauvres, Paris, Seghers 1953.[2]
  • Les Insolites, Paris, Gallimard 1956.
  • La Nuit mathématique, Mortemart, Rougerie 1976.
  • Les Balançoires d'Euclide, Mortemart, Rougerie 1977.
  • Maisons, Parisod 1977.
  • Le Cheval-arquebuse, Orléans, Jean-Jacques Sergent 1978.
  • Le Trépied des algèbres, Mortemart, Rougerie 1980.
  • Le Papillon mental, Mortemart, Rougerie 1982.
  • John the Pelican, Hourglass, 1990.
  • Proteus volens, Hourglass 1991.
  • Peintures, dessins, objets, Hourglass 1991.

References

  1. 1 2 Penelope Rosemont (1 January 1998). Surrealist Women. A&C Black. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-485-30088-8.
  2. 1 2 3 The Custom House of Desire: A Half-Century of Surrealist Stories. Univ of California Press. 28 May 2021. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-520-36222-2.
  3. ↑ Georgiana Colvile (June 2008). "Le Vol du varan. L'œuvre poétique et plastique de Marianne Van Hirtum". Pleine Marge (in French) (47): 45–63.


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