Marnix Gijsen was born on October 20, 1899 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer and actor, known for Klaaglied om Agnes (1975), Mijn vriend de moordenaar (1980) and De nachttrein naar Savannah Georgia (1976). He died on September 29, 1984 in Lubbeek, Flanders.
In his youth he received a strict Roman Catholic education, at the Jesuit college of Saint Ignacio in Antwerp, but in 1917 he was punished heavily (consilium abeundi, E: 'advice to leave') for his militant Flemish activism during World War I.
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On the Belgian public radio, as The voice from America, he had a weekly radio spot on Saturday night.
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His literary career started as a poet with the expressionistic group "Ruimte" ("Space"). After he travelled to the USA he published "Ontdek Amerika" ("Discover America") in 1927. He published essays on the visual arts and during the Second World War he broke with his catholic past. He published his first novel "Het boek van Joachim van Babylon" ("The Book of Joachim of Babylon") in 1947 and many more followed. In 1971 he published on his relation with catholicism.
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His literary work is a testimony of a moralist, who, in spite of everything, goes his own way and holds high the moral values of good and courage against evil. His literary work was awarded the Belgian national prize for literature in 1959, and 1969 and the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren+ in 1974.
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He received many literary prizes and he was ennobled in 1975. After he died near Leuven he was buried at the honorary section of the Schoonselhof in Antwerp.
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From 1934 to 1939 he worked in Brussels and he was commissioner general for tourism from 1939 to 1941. After that he lived in New York until 1964 as Belgian Commisioner for Information.
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In 1926 he received the August Beernaertprijs for Het huis.
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He was a Belgian writer. His real name was Joannes Alphonsius Albertus Goris, his pseudonym relates to Marnix van Sint Aldegonde and the surname of his mother .
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He went on to study at the University of Freiburg, Paris (Sorbonne) and London (London School of Economics).
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His literary work was awarded the Belgian national prize for literature in 1959, and 1969 and the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren in 1974. In 1975, he was knighted and became a Baron.
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From 1942 until 1964, he lived in New York (United States) as Belgian commissioner for information and in addition he was plenipotentiary minister.
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From 1928 until 1933, he was a civil servant at the municipal authorities of Antwerp, including principal private secretary of the mayor of Antwerp (1928-1932). Subsequently he worked at the civil service in Brussels from 1932 to 1939, where he was Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Economics from 1932 until 1937, and from 1939 up to 1941 he was Commissioner-General for tourism.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mijn vriend de moordenaar
1980
TV Movie dialogue
De nachttrein naar Savannah Georgia
1976
TV Movie novel
Klaaglied om Agnes
1975
TV Movie novel
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Vergeet niet te lezen
1966
TV Series
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Maurice Maeterlinck
1969
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Tienerklanken
1963
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Klaaglied om Agnes (1975) as Writer
Mijn vriend de moordenaar (1980) as Writer
De nachttrein naar Savannah Georgia (1976) as Writer
$5 Million
