Edmond Picard
Edmond Picard | |
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| Born | 15 December 1836 |
| Died | 19 February 1924 (aged 87) Namur, Belgium |
| Occupation(s) | jurist, playwright, journalist |
Edmond Picard (15 December 1836 – 19 February 1924) was a Belgian jurist and writer. He was a leading theoretician of antisemitism and racism in Belgium, as well as a champion of Belgian nationalism through his notions of the "Belgian soul" and Belgian martyrdom in World War I. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.