OCTAVE

See also:

• OCTAVE PIRMEZ (1832-1883)

PIRMEZ (1832-1883)  , Belgian author, was born at Chatelineau in 1832 . He belonged to a well-known Belgian family, and his cousin, Edouard Pirmez, was distinguished for his works on literary and political subjects . He lived an uneventful life at his chateau of Acoz, in Hainaut, where he died in May 1883 . Pirmez was an ardent admirer of the French romanticists . His works include Les Feuillees: pensees et maximes (1862); Victor Hugo (1863); Jours de solitude (1869); Remo; Souvenirs d'un frere (188o) ; Heures de philosophie (1881); and the posthumous Lettres d Jose (1884) . These books form a history of his emotional life, and reveal an extreme melancholy . See Vie et correspondence d'Octave Pirmez (1888), by Adolphe Siret and Jose de Coppin .