Ernst Moerman

Ernst Moerman (1897–1944) was a Belgian poetry writer and film director. He directed only one film, Monsieur Fantômas in 1937.

Biography

During the 1920s, he was close to the Paris surrealist group, and wrote a theater play blending Tristan and Iseult, La vie imaginaire de Jésus-Christ and Fantômas 33. His film Monsieur Fantômas premiered on 12 October 1937 at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.^[1] René Magritte featured in this film.^[2]

Publications

• Ernst Moerman (1933). Fantômas 1933. Les cahiers du "Journal des poètes".
• Ernst Moerman (1970). Oeuvre poétique: Ernst Moerman. André De Rache.

Filmography

• Monsieur Fantômas, 1937 (director, screenwriter, actor)

Further reading

• Carlos Vaquera (2022). La Sagesse d'un surréaliste: Dans les pas d'Ernst Moerman, écrivain et cinéaste (in French). Deville. ISBN 978-2875990525.
• Poetry translated by Samuel Beckett (Louis Armstrong, p 86, The Collected Works of Samuel Beckett, Grove Press, NY 2012, ISBN 978-0-8021-2308-4).