Suzanne Lilar

Suzanne Lilar was a Belgian writer, playwright, essayist, journalist, philosopher and literary critic (1901–1992). She was born at Ghent and died at Brussels-Capital Region.

Also recorded as Suzanne Verbist.

Suzanne Lilar in brief

Born
1901
Died
1992
Known for
writer, playwright, essayist, journalist, philosopher, literary critic and lawyer
Place of birth
Ghent
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Suzanne Verbist. Her recorded language was French.

She married Albert Lilar. 2 children are recorded: Françoise Mallet-Joris and Marie Fredericq-Lilar.

Career and activity

Suzanne Lilar worked in essay, belletristic literature and drama.

She belonged to Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises.

Catalogued works

22 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1945 to 2021.

Théâtre. Burlador, ou l'ange du démon. A la recherche d'une enfance. A propos de Sartre et de l'amour. Two great Belgian plays, about love. Aspects of love, dated 1965. Le burlador, dated 1945. Le burlador, piıece en trois actes avec un portrait de l'auteur par Albert Crommelynck, dated 1945. Le roi lépreux, dated 1951. Le théâtre de Maurice Maeterlinck, dated 1958. Tous les chemins mènent au ciel [pièce en] deux actes, trois tableaux, dated 1947. Une enfance gantoise, dated 1976. Zestig jaar toneelliteratuur in Belgie, dated 1951. Journal de l'analogiste, dated 1954. La confession anonyme, dated 1980. Le divertissement portugais, dated 1960. Soixante ans de théâtre belge, dated 1952. Aspects of love in Western society, dated 1965. The Belgian theater since 1890, dated 1950. Le couple, dated 1963. Le malentendu du deuxième sexe, dated 1969. A cultural history of race / general editor, Marius Turda., dated 2021, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Le burlador de Suzanne Lilar. Lilar, Suzanne, Metzler Autorinnen Lexikon, 1998. Acquis scientifiques et avancées féministes : Simone de Beauvoir, Suzanne Lilar, Adrienne Sahuqué, Les Temps Modernes, 2002. « Grâce poétique » et œuvre d’art : méditations phénoménologiques dans le Journal de l’analogiste de Suzanne Lilar, Interfaces, 2019. Suzanne Lilar et la quête de l'au-delà des apparences, Les Lettres Romanes, 1987.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

the belgian theater (1950) — Internet Archive. Aspects of Love (1965) — Internet Archive. Le Malentendu du Deuxieme Sexe (French Edition) (1970) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Suzanne Lilar studied at Ghent University. the recorded working language is French.

The field of work recorded is essay, belletristic literature and drama.

Membership is recorded of Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises.

Distinctions recorded are prix littéraire Canada-Communauté française de Belgique and Prix Sainte-Beuve.

Chronology

  1. 1901Suzanne Lilar born at Ghent.
  2. 1950the belgian theater digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1965Aspects of love.
  4. 1965Aspects of Love digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1970Le Malentendu du Deuxieme Sexe (French Edition) digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1992Suzanne Lilar died at Brussels-Capital Region.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Suzanne Lilar”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1924889: Suzanne Lilar

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