Félix Thyes (19 January 1830 – 8 May 1855) was a Luxembourg writer. He is recognized as the first Luxembourg

author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...

to write a novel in French. ''Marc Bruno, profil d'artiste'' was published shortly after his death in 1855. He was also the first literary historian to discuss literature written in

Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. As a standard form of th ...

.R. Muller, "Les débuts de la littérature luxembourgophone"
Projet 'Formatioun Lëtzebuergesch', ULG – Campus d’Arlon, 17 February 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2011.

His novel

''Marc Bruno: portrait d'un artiste'' is a

psychological novel In literature, psychological fiction (also psychological realism) is a narrative genre that emphasizes interior characterization and motivation to explore the spiritual, emotional, and mental lives of the characters. The mode of narration exami ...

associating romanticism with realism. It is the story of an unfortunate medical student in Brussels who pays his way by painting pictures in the attic where he lives. He falls in love with an aristocratic girl but she soon leaves him for someone of her own class. Finally he finds a girl he dearly loved during his childhood only to discover she is now a prostitute and wants to have nothing more to do with him. One morning he finds her body on a dissection table at the university. He finally decides to devote himself fully to medical practice and ends up in a small village where he can immerse himself in his work. But he soon falls in love once more.Robert Frickx, Raymond Trousson, "Lettres françaises de Belgique: Le roman", ''Editions Duclot'', Paris, 1988, p. 316 et seq. Onlin
here

His essay

The ''Essai sur la Poésie luxembourgeoise'' was published in the Brussels ''Revue trimestrielle'' in 1854. In particular, Thyes commented positively and in some detail on

Antoine Meyer Antoine Meyer, also known as Antun or Tun Meyer (1801–1857) was a Luxembourg-born mathematician and poet who later adopted Belgian nationality. Sometimes referred to as the father of Luxembourgish literature, he is remembered for publishing the ...

's poetry as well as on the efforts of other Luxembourgers including Jacques Diedenhoven and Jean-François Gangler who wrote a number of works in Luxembourgish which were never published.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thyes, Felix Luxembourgian writers 1830 births 1855 deaths Luxembourgian novelists People from Luxembourg City Alumni of the Athénée de Luxembourg 19th-century novelists Luxembourgian literary critics