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Iwan Gilkin (7 January 1858 – 28 September 1924) was a Belgian poet. Born in Brussels, Gilkin was associated with the Symbolist school in Belgium.

Iwan Gilkin
Iwan Gilkin
Born	(1858-01-07)7 January 1858 Brussels, Belgium
Died	28 September 1924(1924-09-28) (aged 66) Brussels, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation	poet

His works include Les ténèbres (1892, featuring a frontispiece by Odilon Redon) and Le Sphinx (1907). Linked with the development of the literary revue the Parnasse de la Jeune Belgique, he was an early appreciator of the Comte de Lautréamont's infamous work, Les Chants de Maldoror, and sent several copies of the book to his friends, including fellow poet Léon Bloy.[1]

His mature works, which often concerned difficult religious and philosophical themes, reflect a highly pessimistic, spiritual and anti-positivistic outlook, influenced by Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Schopenhauer.[2] A French-language study of Gilkin by Henri Liebrecht was published in 1941.

Bibliography

• La Damnation de l'artiste (1890)
• Ténèbres (1892)
• Stances dorées (1893)
• La Nuit (1893)
• Prométhée (1897)
• Le Cerisier fleuri (1899)
• Jonas (1900)
• Savonarole (1906)
• Étudiants russes (1906)
• Le Sphinx (1907)
• Le Roi Cophétua (1919)
• Les Pieds d'argile (1921)
• Egmont (1926)

References

External links

• Online Book With Translations of Iwan Gilkin Poems by James Kirkup

На других языках

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- [en] Iwan Gilkin

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[fr] Iwan Gilkin

Florimond Jean François Gilkin dit Iwan Gilkin, né le 7 janvier 1858 à Bruxelles[1] et mort dans la même ville le 28 septembre 1924, est un écrivain et poète belge d'expression française.

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[ru] Жилькен, Иван

Иван Жилькен (Iwan Gilkin) (7 января 1858 — 28 сентября 1924) — бельгийский поэт-символист, писавший на французском языке.

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