(1851-1916)
Born in Ixelles, Théo Hannon carried on a prolific career as a poet, engraver, painter, and journalist. He also wrote ballets and was a librettist and a singer. His writings include Bruxelles sans-gêne (Casual Brussels [1894]) and Au pays de Manneken-Pis (In the country of the Manneken-Pis [1883]), a collection of poems that evokes, in simple terms, the atmosphere of Brussels and the daily life of its citizens in the 19th century.
Historical Dictionary of Brussels. Paul F. State.