Frans de Cort
Frans Jozef de Cort (21 June 1834, in
Elsene), was a Flemish
writer.
Life
De Cort was born and brought up in Antwerp, where he became a shipping clerk, in 1861 moving to Brussels to serve as clerk of the military court.[1]
Together with
Jan Theodoor van Rijswijck
, and also more romantic songs, such as Moeder en kind (meaning "Mother and child"), which excelled by their simplicity.
He devoted himself to the more technical side of poetry and translated songs by Robert Burns (De schoonste liederen van R. Burns, 1862) and the Odes of Horace.
Bibliography
- Liederen, eerste reeks (Antwerp, 1857)[2]
- Liederen, tweede reeks (Antwerp, 1859)[3]
- De schoonste Liederen van Robert Burns (Brussels, 1862)
- Het gebruik der talen in België, under the pen name Frans Reynen (Brussels, 1864)
- Zingzang (Brussels, 1866)[4]
- Liederen (Groningen, 1868)[5]
See also
References
- ^ J.G. Frederiks (1888–1891), on Digital Library for Dutch Literature
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ In the Digital Library for Dutch Literature
- ^ In the Digital Library for Dutch Literature
External links
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