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Place of Birth: Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
About Louis Dubrau
- Louis Dubrau (real name Louise Janson-Scheidt) (November 19, 1904 – May 5, 1997) was a Belgian writer.The daughter of Catherine Desmedt, a native of Belgium, and She was born in Brussels.
- Her father, a native of the Lorraine region of France, committed suicide when she was two years old.
- She was educated at the Sorbonne and the Collège de France in Paris.
- She published her first poem in 1934 in the literary magazine Le Thyrse under the name Louis Dubrau.
- She wrote under a masculine name to avoid any bias of the critics towards women; Dubrau was the name of her father's mother.
- In 1935, she married Fernand Janson.She published the novel Zouzou in 1936, a collection of poems Présences in 1937 and a collection of short stories Louise in 1938.
- In 1939, she received the Prix Verhaeren for Abécédaire, collection of poetry.
- In 1940, she published a book of aphorisms Amour, délice et orgue.
- During World War II, she took part in the resistance against the German occupation and worked for the Red Cross.
- She was also president of the Union des femmes de Belgique.
- In 1950, she published Service de nuit about her experiences during the war.After the war, she abandoned all political activity.
- She travelled extensively, visiting Israel, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and the United States.
- Her travels inspired the following works: Ailleurs (poems) (1956) La fleur et le turban (stories) (1959) Les îles du Capricorne (story) (1967)In 1963, she received the Prix Victor-Rossel for her novel À la poursuite de Sandra.
- In 1973, she was admitted to the L’Académie Royale de Langue et de Littérature Françaises de Belgique.
- In 1981, she received the Prix littéraire de la Communauté Française for her collection of stories Les imaginaires.She died in Ixelles at the age of 92.
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