Léopold Nicolas Maurice Édouard Warlomont (24 February 1860,

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- 6 March 1889, Saint-Gilles), was a Belgian poet, critic, novelist, and playwright, best known under his

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, Max Waller. He was one of the founders of the literary review ''

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'' in 1881. At the beginning of his career he published under several ''noms de plumes'': ''Olivier'', ''Peter Corneille'', ''Jacques'' (in the literary journal ''La Nation''), ''Rimaille'' and ''Siebel'', before adopting the pseudonym ''Max Waller''.

References

Sources

* Paul André, ''Max Waller et La Jeune Belgique'', Bruxelles, Le Thyrse/Librairie Vanderlinden, 1905, 155 p.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Waller, Max 1860 births 1889 deaths Belgian male poets 19th-century Belgian poets 19th-century Belgian male writers Belgian magazine founders