Claude C. Krijgelmans

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Claude C. Krijgelmans
Born(1934-01-09)9 January 1934
Aalst, Belgium
Died5 December 2022(2022-12-05) (aged 88)
Reston, Virginia, United States
NationalityBelgian
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Painter
  • Translator

Claude C. Krijgelmans (9 January 1934 – 5 December 2022) was a Belgian writer, translator and painter.[1][2] He made his debut in 1959 with the story Moderatus Caligula in Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift. Later published among others in Randstad [nl], Yang [nl] and with De Bezige Bij. Publishing house Het balanseer [nl], founded in 2007, is named after a story from his collection Tandafslag, which was the first publication of this publisher. He won the 1968 Ark Prize of the Free Word for Homunculi.[3][4][5][6] Work of Krijgelmans in part of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp collection.

Krijgelmans emigrated to the United States. He died at home in Reston, Virginia in his sleep on 5 December 2022, at the age of 88.[1][2]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Claude Krijgelmans Obituary". Cremation Society of Virginia. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Claude Krijgelmans Obituary (1934 - 2022)". echovita.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. G.J. van Bork & P.J. Verkruijsse, De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs, 1985
  4. "Krijgelmans, Claude C." schrijversgewijs.be (in Dutch). 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  5. "Krijgelmans: anti-literatuur". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 6 October 1967. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Delpher.
  6. "Verhalen van C. C. Krijgelmans Ondoorgrondelijke obsessies". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 30 March 1984. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Delpher.