Maurice Pottecher

Maurice Pottecher (19 October 1867 – 16 April 1960) was a French writer, and the creator and for many years the director of the Théâtre du Peuple in Bussang, his place of birth.[1] His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2]

Maurice Pottecher
Maurice Pottecher in 1895
Born(1867-10-19)19 October 1867
Bussang, France
Died16 April 1960(1960-04-16) (aged 92)
Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationWriter

References
  1. BNF catalogue
  2. "Maurice Pottecher". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

Bibliography
  • Georgette Jeanclaude, Un poète précurseur: Maurice Pottecher et le Théâtre du peuple, SPC, Chateaudin, 1960, 270 pp.
  • Marie-José Pottecher-Onderet, Catherine Foki and Christine Devallois, L'aventure du théâtre populaire: une idée, le théâtre populaire: trois lieux, Bussang 1895, Théâtre national populaire 1920, Avignon 1947: trois hommes, Pottecher (1867-1960), Gemier (1869-1933), Vilar (1912-1971), Conseil général des Vosges, Épinal, 1992, 53 pp. (teaching dossier)

Filmography
  • Maurice Pottecher: l'aventure du Théâtre populaire, produced by Isabelle Clarke and Maïté Demoulin, Centre national de la cinématographie, Paris, 2003, 48 min (VHS)


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