Joris Duytschaever
Joris Duytschaever (16 March 1944 – January 2023) was a Belgian academic. He was professor in English literature at the University Institution Antwerp.[1][2][3]
Joris Duytschaever | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 March 1944 Merksem, Belgium |
| Died | January 2023 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | academic |
Biography
Duytschaever was born in Merksem in 1944. He studied Germanic philology at the Ghent University He obtained his PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.[1] He teached in Dutch literature at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Indiana University in the United States.[3][2] He started working at the University Institution Antwerp in 1972 where he became professor in the English literature.[2] He was guest professor at the University of California, Berkeley in 1977 and at the University of Georgia in 1985.[3] Duytschaever was coordinator of the European Studies Program for American students. Duytschaever also ensured cooperation with the "Faculté des Lettres" of the university in the Moroccan capital Rabat.[1]
Duytschaever published on Alfred Döblin, Hugo Claus, Simon Vestdijk, Hella Haasse and various English-language authors including James Joyce and William Faulkner.[1][3] He translated Over de oorsprong van de meetkunde of Edmund Husserl from 1977. He published on the De Verwondering of Hugo Claus.[1] He was director of the Revue Belge de Philologie et d'Histoire.[3] Together with Geert Lernout he was editor of History and Violence in Anglo-Irish Literature. He was from 1987 co-editor of Post-war Literatures in English. A Lexicon of contemporary Authors. Duytschaever was also editor of the literary magazine De Vlaamse Gids.[1]
Duytschaever had Parkinson He died in January 2023, at the age of 78.[2][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Joris Duytschaever". anet.be (in Nederlands). Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Professor emeritus Joris Duytschaever (78) overleden: de man die al zijn studenten op de voet bleef volgen". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Nederlands). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "JORIS DUYTSCHAEVER". dbnl (in Nederlands). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ↑ "Gij met uw onnozele ijdelheid hebt altijd gedacht dat gij de enige waart die hij is blijven volgen". De Morgen (in Nederlands). Retrieved 13 January 2023.