Michel Rodange
Michel Rodange (born January 3, 1827 in Waldbillig , Luxembourg ; † August 27, 1876 in Clausen, Luxembourg City ) was a Luxembourgish writer .
life and work
Michel Rodange is best known as the author of "Renert", an adaptation of Goethe's Reineke Fuchs in Luxembourgish .
Michel Rodange was a teacher from 1845, first in Steinsel , then in Fels . His first poems in German appeared in the Diekircher newspaper Der Wächter an der Sauer . In 1854 he married Magdalena Leysen, with whom he had ten children, six of whom died at a young age.
From 1859 Michel Rodange worked as a cantonal overseer for road construction work in Echternach , Koerich and Wiltz . He began to deal seriously with German, French and Greek literature . In 1872 his main work Renert or de Fuuss appeared on the tailcoat an a Ma'nsgrëßt , of which the public initially hardly noticed .
In 1873 Michel Rodange took leave from civil service to help build the railway along the Sauer . During this time he developed a stomach ulcer . He was transferred to Luxembourg City , where he supervised the demolition of the fortifications. The family lived in the suburb of Clausen, where Michel Rodange died in 1876 of complications from his stomach ailment.
literature
Romain Hilgert : «Koumdumatséngembläistëftdennanetsméchel» . In: Michel Rodange: Rénert - de Fuuss am Frack an a Maansgréisst (complete edition with historical and political explikatioune vum Romain Hilgert). Luxembourg 1987, pp. 5-27.
Web links
- Literature by and about Michel Rodange in the catalog of the German National Library
- Luxembourg Authors' Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rodange, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Luxembourgish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forest cheap |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1876 |
| Place of death | Clausen, Luxembourg City |