Charles Plisnier
Charles Plisnier (born December 13, 1896 in Ghlin near Mons ; † July 17, 1952 in Brussels ) was a French-speaking Belgian writer and politician.
Life
Charles Plisnier was born in Ghlin near Mons in 1896, the son of an industrialist . Shaped by the horrors of the First World War and the prevailing social injustice, he began to be interested in Marxism in his youth . After the war he studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles .
In 1919 he joined the communist wing of the Belgian Labor Party and in 1921 the Communist Party of Belgium . After receiving his doctorate, he worked as a lawyer at the Brussels Court of Appeal from 1922 , where he only defended workers. After he increasingly advocated Trotskyist ideas, such as the theory of permanent revolution , the Communist Party expelled him in 1928. Having been an atheist in the meantime , he has now developed into a staunch Christian.
After the Second World War he became more and more involved in the Flemish-Walloon conflict and initially spoke out in favor of the annexation of Wallonia to France , and later in favor of the federalization of Belgium. In 1949 he became the first president of the Federal Union of European Nationalities . In this function he advocated a Europe of regions as opposed to a Europe of nation states. In 1952 he died as a result of a surgical procedure.
Plisnier received the Prix Goncourt in 1937 for his work Faux-passeports (German: false passports ) . That was the first time the award went to a non-French.
Works (selection)
- You should not desire . Stahlberg, Karlsruhe 1954.
- Against the soul . Hallwag, Bern 1952.
- The last day . Hallwag, Bern 1944.
- Dormant embers . Hallwag, Bern 1943.
- The Annequin family . Hallwag, Bern 1942.
- Wrong passports . Hallwag, Bern 1941.
- People . Hallwag, Bern 1941.
script
- 1950: accuse me! ( Meurtres ) - with Fernandel
literature
- Chantal Gerniers: Charles Plisnier, Victor Serge et Constant Malva . Lang, New York 1999, ISBN 0-8204-4134-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Charles Plisnier in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Plisnier, Charles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian writer and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1896 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghlin at Mons |
DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 1952 |
Place of death | Brussels |