Edmond Picard

Edmond Picard (15 December 1836 – 19 February 1924) was a Belgian jurist and writer. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.[1]

Edmond Picard
Born(1836-12-15)15 December 1836
Brussels, Belgium
Died19 February 1924(1924-02-19) (aged 87)
Namur, Belgium
Occupation(s)jurist, playwright, journalist

Career

He was lawyer at the court of appeal and the Court of Cassation of Belgium. He was also head of the Belgian bar association, professor of law, playwright and journalist. Involved in politics, he was senator for the Belgian Labour Party. He also was a patron of the arts.

  • Bust of Edmond Picard by Louis Mascré 1910
    Bust of Edmond Picard by Louis Mascré 1910
  • Portrait of Edmond Picard by Jan Toorop
    Portrait of Edmond Picard by Jan Toorop

References
  1. "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

Further reading
  • Aron, Paul; Vanderpelen-Diagre, Cécile (2013). Edmond Picard (1836-1924): un bourgeois socialiste belge à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle. Brussels: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. ISBN 9077013008.

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