Irène Hamoir
Irène Hamoir | |
|---|---|
 Irène Hamoir, left, and Louis Scutenaire, right, in 1985 | |
| Born | 25 July 1906 Saint-Gilles, Belgium |
| Died | 17 May 1994 (aged 87) Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgium |
Irène Hamoir (25 July 1906 – 17 May 1994) was a Belgian novelist and poet, the leading female member of the Belgian surrealist movement. Her poetry was published under the pen name Irine, and she appeared as Lorrie in the writings of her husband, Louis Scutenaire, and the works of René Magritte.
Born in Saint-Gilles, Belgium into a family with ties to the circus, she worked as a secretary. She wrote her first poem, Métallique in 1925. At that time she first became involved with the burgeoning Belgian surrealist group forming around artists such as Magritte, Marc. Eemans, Scutenaire, Marcel Mariën, and Paul Nougé. She married Louis Scutenaire in 1930.
After Scutenaire's death in 1987, she published her recollections of their life together as Ma vie avec Scut. She died in Watermael-Boitsfort in 1994.
Irène Harmoir legated the Belgium Museum of Fine Art with surrealistic works, such as these by Marc.
Select bibliography
Poetry
- Template:Fr icon Œuvre poétique (1930–1945)., [published under the pen name Irine]. Saint-Generou près Saint Julien de Voventes: Maître François, 1949.
- Template:Fr icon Ithos., [published anonymously], ill. Claudine Jamagne. Leyden: 1971.
- Template:Fr icon L'Orichalcienne. La Louvière: Daily Bul, 1972.
- Template:Fr icon Corne de brune (1925–1976)., ills René Magritte, Rachel Baes, Danielle, Jane Graverol & Claudine Jamagne. Brussels: Isy Brachot et Tom Gutt, 1976.
- Template:Fr icon Le Comparse en fleurs et des aigrelettes. Paris: Éditions de l'Orycte, 1977.
Prose
- Template:Fr icon La Cuve infernale. Brussels: Editions Lumière, 1944.
- Template:Fr icon Boulevard Jacqmain. reprinted Brussels: Didier Devillez, 1996.
- Template:Fr icon La Cuve infernale, Nouvelles, édition augmentée. Brussels: Editions Brassa, 1987.
- Template:Fr icon Question à une tourterelle turque. Brussels: 1989.
- Template:Fr icon Croquis de rue. Bassac: Plein Chant, 1992.
References
- Dewandeleer, Cécile, "HAMOIR, Irène..." in E. Gubin, C. Jacques, V. Piette & J. Puissant (eds), Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles. Bruxelles: Éditions Racine, 2006. ISBN 2-87386-434-6
Further reading
- Template:Fr icon Marcel Mariën, L'Activité surréaliste en Belgique (1924–1960). Brussels: Editions Lebeer Hossmann, 1979.
- Template:Fr icon Le mouvement surréaliste à Bruxelles et en Wallonie (1924–1947). Paris: Centre Culturel Wallonie Bruxelles, 1988.
- Template:Fr icon Irène Hamoir, Evelyn Delkop-Kornelis, Virginie Devillez & Micheline Colin, in Irène, Scut, Magritte and C°, Brussels: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, 1996 (pp. 20–67).
