Henri Philibert Joseph Delmotte
Henri Philibert Joseph Delmotte (born March 14, 1822 or May 14, 1822 in Baudour , Hainaut , † July 10, 1884 in Brussels ) was a Belgian playwright .
Delmotte studied law and then entered the civil service, where he was district commissioner in Nivelles . But he soon retired into private life and settled in Brussels. In favor of the formation and promotion of a national theater for French-speaking Belgians, he conducted a very lively polemic in leaflets and newspaper articles from 1879 to 1880 . In addition to numerous articles in magazines, Delmotte also published books. He wrote several comedies in which he describes the middle class in Belgium.
Works
- Monsieur Du Bois, ou Nouvelle noblesse, comédie en 3 actes et en prose, par M. Henri Delmotte. (Bruxelles, Théâtre royal du Parc, 15 mars 1845; et Monnaie, 18 mars 1845.).
- Comédies M. Du Bois ou la nouvelle Noblesse. Le Début. Comment on dovint Conseiller. Le Lanceur d'Affaires. Paris: Sandoz & Fischbacher, 1873.
literature
- Malou Haine: 400 lettres de musiciens: au Musée royal de Mariemont. Editions Mardaga, Liège 1995, ISBN 2-87009-578-3 , p. 351 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- Auguste de Koninck, Jules Victor Delecourt, Charles Louis Reulens, Victor Luerquin, Honoré Verbeke: Bibliography national. Dictionnaire des Écrivains Belges. Volume 1: A-D. Weissenbruch, Brussels 1886, p. 451 ( digitized version ).
- Delmotte, Henri Philibert Joseph . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 4, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 648.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Delmotte, Henri Philibert Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian stage poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1822 or May 14, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baudour , Hainaut |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1884 |
| Place of death | Brussels |