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Belgian lawyer and playwright (1871– 1936)
Paul Spaak
Spaak in 1912.
Born (1871-07-05 ) 5 July 1871Died 8 May 1936(1936-05-08) (aged 64)Ixelles, Belgium
Nationality Belgian
Paul Louis François Spaak (5 July 1871 – 8 May 1936) was a
Belgian
lawyer ,
poet ,
literary historian , and
playwright .
Born in
Ixelles , Spaak graduated in law at the
Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1894. On 22 July 1894, he married
Marie Janson , daughter of
Paul Janson . The couple had four children, of whom
Paul-Henri Spaak , later Belgian Prime Minister like his uncle
Paul-Emile Janson , was the most famous. Paul Spaak was a member of
Royal Academy of Belgium from 19 August 1920 until 8 May 1936.
From 1920 until his death, Paul Spaak was co-director of the
Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie . He shared this position with
Maurice Corneil de Thoran and
Jean Van Glabbeke .
Selection of works
L'hérédité dans la littérature française antérieure au XIXe siècle , in: Revue Universitaire , 1893
Les Voyages vers mon pays , 1907 (collection of poems)
Kaatje , 1908 (theatre play, premiered at the
Théâtre Royal du Parc , Brussels)
La Madone , 1908 (theatre play, premiered at the
Théâtre de l'Œuvre , Paris)
La Dixième Journée , 1908 (theatre play, premiered at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, Paris)
Le Louez-Dieu , 1908 (theatre play, premiered at the Théâtre Royal du Parc, Brussels)
A Damme en Flandre , 1912 (theatre play)
Camille , 1913, (comedy)
Malgré ceux qui tombent , 1919, (drama)
Un songe d'une nuit d'été , 1919 (comedy)
Diadesté , 1921 (comedy)
Jean Lemaire de Belges , 1926 (article)
Poèmes 1898–1921 , 1937 (published after his death, poetry)
Sources
Paul Spaak (French)
André ROUSSEAU, Paul Spaak , in Biographie Nationale, part 38, col. 735–744, Brussels, 1974.
José MIRVAL, Le littérateur belge Paul Spaak , Brussels, 1938.
Gustave VANZYPE, Notice sur Paul Spaak , in: Annuaire de l'Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique 1938 , p. 37–64, Brussels, 1938.
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