Palgen, Paul, 1883-1966
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Birth Date
- 1883-10-09
Death Date
- 1966-08-06
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Société des écrivains luxembourgeois de langue française
- Organization: Amitiés françaises Luxembourg
- Organization: Aciéries et hauts-fourneaux d'Ougrée
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1962
- Organization: Institut grand-ducal de Luxembourg. Section des arts et des lettres
Birth Place
- Audun-le-Tiche (France)
Associated Locale
- Liège (Belgium)
Associated Locale
- Brazil
Associated Locale
- Dessau (Dessau, Germany)
Associated Language
- French
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Sources
- found: Guanabara et autres poèmes, c1992:t.p. (Paul Palgen) p. 119, etc. (b. Oct. 9, 1883, Audun-le-Tiche, France; d. Aug. 6, 1966; French author)
- found: Palgen, Paul. Choix de poèmes, 1994:title page (Paul Palgen (1883-1966)) pages 9-15 (poetry and prose, author of novel La margrave aux chiens and novellas; engineer-poet; Luxembourg author, didn't hide, but felt himself as a French author, a French-language author; of Luxembourg nationality; born 1883 in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine; parents belonged to old Luxembourg families, even though his father had been born in Paris; spent his childhood in Hussigny-Godbrange (Meurthe-et-Moselle); career as engineer, in Germany (but in 1914, imprisoned, then expelled from German territory), Luxembourg, Brazil, and Belgium; from 1924, working for Aciéries et hauts-fourneaux d'Ougrée, in Liège, where lived until his death in 1966; his ties with Grand Duché de Luxembourg were never interrupted; one of founding members of S.E.L.F., Société des écrivains luxembourgeois de langue française; maintained relations with Luxembourg, Belgian, and French literary authors)
- found: VIAF, 6 January 2021(authorized access points in VIAF cluster: Palgen, Paul, 1883-1966, Palgen, Paul, Palgen, Paul, 1883-1966, poète, Paul Palgen; VIAF ID: 61612157 (Personal)) - http://viaf.org/viaf/61612157
- found: Dictionnaire des auteurs luxembourgeois, viewed online 6 January 2021(Paul Palgen; born of Luxembourg parentage in Lorraine, which was German at that time; educated at lycée in Hussigny/Godbrange and Athénée de Luxembourg; in 1903, his family moved to Louvain, where studied engineering; degree as civil engineer in 1908; then worked in Dessau (Germany); suspected of espionage for France, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, expelled; moved to Luxembourg with his Luxembourg wife, worked as engineer within ARBED; in 1920, sent by his company to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; after 18 months, returned to Luxembourg; 3 years later, settled in Liège, where worked for different metallurgical companies and series of commercial enterprises; in 1950, named consul honoraire du Grand-Duché in Liège; 1904, published first poems in Brussels magazine Le patriote illustré; texts also in various publications in Luxembourg, France, and Italy; his first poetry collections published in Luxembourg, others in Belgium and France; only novel La Margrave aux chiens; founding member of SELF, member of Amitiés françaises Luxembourg, PEN international, and Centre français de Belgique; in 1962, a founding member of Institut grand-ducal, Section des arts et des lettres) - https://www.autorenlexikon.lu/page/author/221/2214/FRE/index.html
- found: Wikidata, 6 January 2021(Paul Palgen (Q13104527); description: (1883-1966); sex or gender: male; country of citizenship: Luxembourg; occupations: poet, engineer; award received: Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown [Ordre de la couronne de chêne], 1954) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q13104527
LC Classification
- PQ2631.A265
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Change Notes
- 1998-04-01: new
- 2021-01-08: revised
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