Maurice Pottecher
Maurice Pottecher (19 October 1867 – 16 April 1960) was a French writer, and the creator and for many years the director of the Théâtre du Peuple in Bussang, his place of birth. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Maurice Pottecher
Gallica [1] · Public domain
- Name
- Maurice Pottecher
- Occupation
- Writer
- Born
- 19 October 1867
- Birthplace
- Bussang, France
- Died
- 16 April 1960
- Place of death
- Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
- Nationality
- France
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour · Montyon Prize
- Languages
- French
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Maurice Pottecher. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3301282 · wikipedia · Maurice Pottecher
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Maurice Pottecher • Occupation — Writer • Born — 19 October 1867 • Birthplace — Bussang, France • Died — 16 April 1960 • Place of death — Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
Filmography
Filmography
• Maurice Pottecher: l'aventure du Théâtre populaire, produced by Isabelle Clarke and Maïté Demoulin, Centre national de la cinématographie, Paris, 2003, 48 min (VHS)
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
reference work
- “Maurice Pottecher”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3301282: Maurice Pottecher
General reference · Wikidata
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Maurice Pottecher, revision 1340961031 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Georgette Jeanclaude, Un poète précurseur: Maurice Pottecher et le Théâtre du peuple, SPC, Chateaudin, 1960, 270 pp.
- Marie-José Pottecher-Onderet, Catherine Foki and Christine Devallois, L'aventure du théâtre populaire: une idée, le théâtre populaire: trois lieux, Bussang 1895, Théâtre national populaire 1920, Avignon 1947: trois hommes, Pottecher (1867-1960), Gemier (1869-1933), Vilar (1912-1971), Conseil général des Vosges, Épinal, 1992, 53 pp. (teaching dossier)
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
scholarly publication
Institutional witnessreference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 20 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,529 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Maurice MierauAuthor
- Maurice NadeauAuthor
- Maurice OurryAuthor
- Maurice PaléologueAuthor
- Maurice RajsfusAuthor
- Maurice RenardAuthor
- Maurice RheimsAuthor
- Maurice RolletAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Maurice Pottecher?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.