Edmond Picard
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| Born | 15 December 1836 |
| Died | 19 February 1924 (aged 87) Namur, Belgium |
| Occupation | jurist, playwright, journalist |
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]
Career[]
Bust of Edmond Picard, 1910
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.
References[]
Portrait of Edmond Picard by Jan Toorop
- ^ "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
External links[]
Media related to Edmond Picard at Wikimedia Commons
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