Biography

For his collection of poems "Windstilte" he received the literary prize of the province of West Flanders in 1956.

Flemish author Andries Poppe wrote the radio play "Kruisweg" (Way of the Cross) in German. He himself said of this: "...because I deliberately chose to use extremely limited linguistic means. That's easier for an author in a foreign language than in their native language. To express what I wanted to convey in Kruisweg, I didn't need bombastic sentences; words and syllables sufficed.".

When the twenty-seven year old Andries Poppe, on August 1, 1948, made his mark in Merendree and won the 'Prize of the Flemish Poetry Days' with the striking poem The Blind Speaks, four of his collections had already been published.

Andries Poppe was a Flemish poet, playwright, author of radio plays and contributor to the BRT (Flemish radio and television).

He was primarily a fellow countryman of Stijn Streuvels, Gustaaf Vermeersch, Marcel Matthijs, and André Demedts. They were four distinct, distinctive pawns on the literary chessboard, each with their own unique character. Poppe possessed "something" of all four: fate, tragedy, emotional intensity, Schwermut.