Adolphe-Marie Hardy (23 May 1868 in Dison – 19 June 1954 in Laeken[1]) was a Belgian writer first published in 1888.
[1] In 1931 Hardy received the Grand Prix de Langue française from the French Academy.
[1] He was the first Belgian to win the prize, and he won it for his poem "Le Cortège des mois".
In May 1954 he was made a Freeman of the City of Dison, and died at Laeken on 19 June of that year.
[1] Charles Ranhofer, chef at Delmonico's, honoured Hardy early in his publishing career by naming a goose liver pate after him, and Ranhofer's book "The Epicurean",[4] also lists a chicken dish, Cotelettes de poulet à l'Adolphe Hardy.