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The event of 27 May 1883
| Off-print of Jules Destrée's
speach. In Bulletin de l'Académie Royale
de Langue et de Littérature françaises
de Belgique, n°4440, 1931. |
From 1880 to 1890,
all the forces of the nation wake up, economical, social,
philosophical, artistic and literary.
In this context the event of 27 May 1883 occurs : Camille
Lemonnier (1844-1913), writer known for his " Un
Mâle ", is refused for the quinquennial award
of literature by the official judges. Scandal and public
protest reach their peak while the tribute banquet for
Camille Lemonnier offered by the members of the reviews
" La Jeune Belgique " and " Art Moderne
".
This date is a turning point in which we can see the
awareness of a national literature.
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