What is Aleidis Dierick?
{{Infobox person | name = Aleidis Dierick | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|7|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Borgerhout]], Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|17|1932|7|27|df=y}} | death_place = [[Mere]], Belgium | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Belgian | occupation = poet | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Aleidis Dierick''' (born ''' Aleidis Verbruggen'''; 27 July 1932 – 17 October 2022) was a Belgian poet. Born in 1932, Dierick was the daughter of Renaat Verbruggen, who fled with her family to Ireland after the liberation of Belgium from Nazi occupation. In 1975 Dierick made her debut with her award-winning poem ''Vrouw zijn'' (translated: Being woman) in ''[[DW B]]''. In 1977 her debut collection ''‘Een zomer voorzien'' (translated: A summer foreseen) was published as an anniversary edition in the {{ill|De Bladen voor de Poëzie|nl}} magazine. She would in total publish twelve poetry collections.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://palnws.be/2022/10/aleidis-dierick-1932-2022/ |title=In memoriam – Aleidis Dierick: “Een compromisloze Vlaams-nationaliste”|work=palnws.be|date=27 October 2022|access-date=27 October 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://neerlandistiek.nl/2022/10/aleidis-dierick-overleden/ |title=Aleidis Dierick overleden|work=neerlandistiek.nl|date=24 October 2022|access-date=24 October 2022|language=nl}}</ref> In 2013, [[Arie Boomsma]] compiled a poetry collection entitled ''Waarom ben je niet bij mij?'' (translated: Why are you not with me?), in which he included a poem by Dierick. He read that poem on 26 September 2013 in the Dutch television program [[De Wereld Draait Door]]. Dierick died in Mere on 17 October 2022, aged 90.<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2 /> == Poetry collections == {{col-start}}{{Col-2}} * ''Een zomer voorzien'' (1977) * ''Gedichten voor een man'' (1978) * ''Blauwdruk voor een vriendschap'' (1981) * ''Tortels in het trappenhuis'' (1982) * ''Een engel komt blootsvoets''