What is Winok Bourel?
{{Infobox person | name = Winok Bourel | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1802|11|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Eecke]], [[French First Republic]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1880|10|4|1802|11|1|df=y}} | death_place = Eecke, France | monuments = | residence = | nationality = | occupation = rederijker and folk calligrapher | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Winok Bourel''' (1 November 1802 – 4 October 1880) was a Dutch language speaking [[rederijker]] and folk [[calligrapher]].<ref name=auto>[https://doorbraak.be/4-oktober-net-binnen-de-enige-vrouw-in-de-britse-loopgraven-overleden/ 4 oktober. Net binnen: de enige vrouw in de Britse loopgraven overleden], doorbraak.be, 4 October 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_vla016198201_01/_vla016198201_01_0068.php Recente uitingen van Nederlandstalig literair leven in Frans-Vlaanderen (1850 tot nu)], dbnl.</ref> Winok Bourel was born in [[Eecke]] on 1 November 1802.<ref>[https://www.widopedia.eu/november Dagklapper (historische feiten die in de loop van de geschiedenis plaatsvonden): November]</ref> He became an official poet of the local [[chamber of rhetoric]], a dramas and lyrics society closely connected with local civic leaders. After the foundation of the Flemish Committee of France, he was a corresponding member. Winok wrote poems and also some verses in Dutch language. He wrote for important occasions illuminated with folk motifs. These occasions included marriages, anniversaries and deaths.<ref>Bourel, Wido; [https://www.widopedia.eu/een-erfenis-zonder-testament Een erfenis zonder testament], 23 August 2012</ref> Bourel was one of the last rhetoricians from the [[Westhoek]].<ref name=auto /> Bourel died in Eecke on 4 October 1880, aged 77.<ref name=auto /> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bourel, Winok}} [[Category:Dutch artists]] [[Category:Dutch writers]] [[Category:1802 births]] [[Category:1880 deaths]]