Michel Rodange

Michel Rodange ( born January 3, 1827 in Forest Cheap, Luxembourg, † August 27 1876 in Clausen, Luxembourg City ) was a Luxembourgian 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 from 1845 teacher, first in Steinsel, then in rock. His first poems in German language appeared in the Diekirch newspaper " The Guardian of the sour ." In 1854 he married Magdalena Leysen, with whom he had 10 children, of whom six died young.

From 1859 onwards Michel Rodange worked as cantonal overseer for road construction in Echternach, Koerich and Wiltz. He began to seriously deal with German, French and Greek literature. In 1872 he published his major work " Renert, De Fuuss the tails of a Maansgréisst " of which the public first but took little notice.

As 1873, Michel Rodange break from government service to help build the railroad along the river. During this time, he fell ill with a stomach ulcer. He was transferred to the city of Luxembourg, where he oversaw the demolition of the fortifications. The family lived in the suburb of Clausen, where Michel Rodange 1876, died of complications from gastric disease.