Biography

Together with Karel Leroux, Maurice Roelants, and Richard Minne, he founded the magazine "'t Fonteintje" (1921-1924) in 1921 as a reaction against expressionism. It is striking that the first issue lacks a single statement of principles; only in a separate supplement, the editors specify: "We refrain from all lyrical proclamations and promises." Against the pathos, the cosmic ideal, and the "boisterousness" of humanitarian expressionism, 't Fonteintje posited its sense of the relative, its irony, its earthly limitations, and its modesty. These are all essential traits inherent in the four editors, but the dosage of these ingredients naturally varied from one individual to the next.

In 1928, he received the Brabant Prize for poetry for the manuscript then titled "Tussen wolken en aard" (Between Clouds and Earth) (published in 1931 under the title "De roos van Jericho").

He won the triennial Belgian State Prize for Poetry twice, in 1931 for: De roos van Jericho (The Rose of Jericho) and in 1938 for: Het helder gelaat (The Clear Face).

After obtaining his teaching diploma, Herreman became a teacher in Brussels.

Raymond Herreman was a Belgian poet, essayist, journalist and critic.