Background
Octave Pirmez was born at Chatelineau, Belgium in 1832. He belonged to a well-known Belgian family.
Octave Pirmez was born at Chatelineau, Belgium in 1832. He belonged to a well-known Belgian family.
He lived an uneventful life at his chateau of Acoz. Pirmez was an ardent admirer of the French romanticists. His works include Les Feuillees: pensées et maximes (1862); Victor Hugo (1863); Jours de solitude (1869); Remo; Souvenirs d'un frère (1880); Heures de philosophie (1881); (posthumous) Lettres à José (1884). These books form a history of his emotional life, and reveal an extreme melancholy.
(Heures de philosophie by Pirmez)