Paul Spaak

The couple had four children, of whom Paul-Henri Spaak, later Belgian Prime Minister like his uncle Paul-Emile Janson, was the most famous. A member of Royal Academy of Belgium from 19 August 1920 until 8 May 1936. From 1920 until his death, Paul Spaak was co-director of the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie. He shared this position with Maurice Corneil de Thoran and Jean Van Glabbeke.

• Born — 5 July 1871 • Birthplace — Ixelles, Belgium • Died — 8 May 1936 • Place of death — Ixelles, Belgium

• L'hérédité dans la littérature française antérieure au XIX e siècle, in: Revue Universitaire, 1893 • Les Voyages vers mon pays, 1907 (collection of poems) • Kaatje, 1908 (theatre play, premiered at the Royal Park Theatre, Brussels) • La Madone, 1908 (theatre play, premiered at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, Paris) • La Dixième Journée, 1908 (theatre play, premiered at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, Paris) • Le Louez-Dieu, 1908 (theatre play, premiered at the Théâtre Royal du Parc, Brussels) • A Damme en Flandre, 1912 (theatre play) • Camille, 1913, (comedy) • Malgré ceux qui tombent, 1919, (drama) • Un songe d'une nuit d'été, 1919 (comedy) • Diadesté, 1921 (comedy) • Jean Lemaire de Belges, 1926 (article) • Poèmes 1898–1921, 1937 (published after his death, poetry)

Paul Spaak worked in law, poetry, drama and history of literature. He belonged to Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises and Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.

Paul Spaak is recorded as playwright, historian, lawyer, jurist and translator.