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Belgian poet (1867–1950)
Valère Joseph Jules Gille
Valère Joseph Jules Gille (born
Anderlecht, 3 May 1867, died
Haasdonk, 1 June 1950) was a
Belgian poet.
Life
In 1885 Gille enrolled at the
Catholic University of Leuven, and in 1887 he began writing for
La Jeune Belgique. In 1889 he, together with
Iwan Gilkin and
Albert Giraud, took over the running of the periodical. He resigned in 1891 to take up a position at the
Royal Library of Belgium.
[1] A volume of his poems, La Cithare (Paris, 1897) was lauded by the
Académie française.
On 8 January 1921 he was appointed to the
Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique, becoming its director 1925–1946.
[2] In 1945 he became curator of the
Wiertz Museum.
[3]
He died in Haasdonk on 1 June 1950.
Works
Poetry
- Le Château des merveilles (1893)
- La Cithare (1897)
- Le Collier d'Opales (1899)
- Les Tombeaux (1900)
- Le Coffret d'ébène (1901)
- La Corbeille d'octobre (1902)
- Le Joli Mai (1905)
- La Victoire ailée (1921)
Drama
- Ce n'était qu'un rêve (1903)
- Madame reçoit (1908)
- Le Sire de Binche (unpublished)
Honours
References
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^ Georges-Henri Dumont, "Gille, Valère",
Nouvelle Biographie Nationale,
vol. 4 (Brussels, 1997), 182-185.
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^
"Valère-Gille en la Jeune Belgique – Bibliotheca Wittockiana".
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^ Georges-Henri Dumont, "Gille, Valère",
Nouvelle Biographie Nationale,
vol. 4 (Brussels, 1997), 182-185.
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^
Royal order of 8 April 1932, as published in the
Belgian official journal.
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