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Georges Sion

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Georges Sion (Binche 1913-Brussels 2001) held a degree in Law from the Francophone University of Leuven. From 1937 until 1940, he was La Revue Belge’s editorial secretary, in which function he succeeded Marcel Lobet. After the Second World War, he worked as an independent critic of literature, theatre and music and was also appointed co-director of La Revue Générale (where again, he succeeded Lobet). He also taught at the academies of Mons (1951) and Brussels (1965). In 1962, he was elected as a member of the Académie royale de Langue et de Littérature françaises, and in 1974 he was elected as a Belgian member of the prestigious Académie Goncourt. He also wrote for newspapers such as La Libre Belgique, La Nation Belge and from 1970 onwards for Le Soir. In 1989, his collection of theatrical plays was published by Duculot (Paris – Louvain-la-Neuve). Relevant collections of essays include Le théâtre français d’entre-deux-guerres (1944), Voyages aux 4 coins du Congo (1949-1952) (1954), Puisque chacun a son Amérique (1956) et 150 ans de littérature en Belgique (1980).