Thyes, Félix, 1830-1855

found: Thyes, Félix. Marc Bruno, 1990:t.p. (Félix Thyes (1830-1855)) p. 147 (b. Jan. 19, 1830, [city of] Luxembourg) p. 154 (in 1852, entered Faculté des lettres de l'Université libre de Bruxelles; he; living in Brussels; according to his professor and posthumous editor Eugène van Bemmel, Thyes had thus chosen Belgium for his country of adoption) p. 158 (August-October 1853: passed exam for candidacy in philosophy and literature, entered Faculté de droit; in 1854, published Essai sur la poésie luxembourgeoise; worked on a comedy and a novel (no fragments survive)) p. 159 (12 April 1855, obtained degree in philosophy and literature; still law student; 8 May 1855, died in Brussels, buried in a Brussels cemetery) p. 161 (September 1855, posthumous publication of novel Marc Bruno, profil d'artiste)

found: Dictionnaire des auteurs luxembourgeois, viewed online 23 May 2016(Félix Thyes; 19.01.1830 Luxembourg - 08.05.1855 Bruxelles (BEL); while his father chose Belgian citizenship in 1839, Félix Thyes would keep Luxembourg nationality; in his letters, wrote of his love for Luxembourgish language, but no evidence exists that he wrote in Luxembourgish; his works were in the tradition of late Romanticism; considered a pioneer of literary criticism and of French-language Luxembourg literature; translated Luxembourgish works into French)