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Servais Prize
The Servais Prize for Literature (french: Prix Servais pour la littérature) is a Luxembourgish literary award, awarded since 1992 by the Servais Foundation. It is judged by a jury, and can be bestowed upon any writer from Luxembourg, regardless of format or language. List of laureates Encouragement Prize See also *Literature of Luxembourg The literature of Luxembourg is little known beyond the country's borders, partly because Luxembourg authors write in one or more of the three official languages (French, German and Luxembourgish), partly because many works are specifically directed ... External links National Literature Centre Awards established in 1992 Luxembourgian literary awards {{Luxembourg-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize). Types of awards There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish), the Camões Prize (Portuguese), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul Jacobs
Jean Paul or ''variation'' may refer to: Places * Rue ''Jean-Paul-II'', several streets, see List of places named after Pope John Paul II * Place ''Jean Paul II'', several squares, see List of places named after Pope John Paul II People Given name * Jean-Paul, comte de Schramm (1789–1884), count and war minister of France * Jean-Paul Behr (born 1947), French chemist * Jean-Paul Belmondo, (1933–2021), French actor * Jean-Paul Marat, French journalist and physician * Jean-Paul Duminy * Jean-Paul de Marigny, Australian football coach * Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, French tenor * Jean-Paul Gaster, American musician * Jean-Paul Valley, first Azrael from DC Comics * Jean-Paul Gaultier * Jean-Paul Lakafia * Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick, British guitarist and producer * Jean-Paul Samputu, Rwandan singer * Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French existentialist philosopher, writer, and political activist * Jean-Paul Savoie, social worker and former politician in New Brunswick, Canada * Jean- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Kronz
Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popular in England in the 13th century following the marriage of Isabella of Angoulême to the king of England. Today sometimes abbreviated to Isa. Etymology This set of names is a Spanish variant of the Hebrew name Elisheba through Latin and Greek represented in English and other western languages as Elisabeth.Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 337a.Chantal Tanet et Tristan Hordé, ''Dictionnaire des prénoms'', Larousse, Paris, 2009, p. 38 These names are derived from the Latin and Greek renderings of the Hebrew name based on both etymological and contextual evidence (the use of Isabel as a translation of the name of the mother of John the Bapt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrike Bail
Ulrike is a Germanic female given name. Notable people named Ulrike include: * Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (1722–1787), German noble * Ulrike von Levetzow (1804–1899), German noble and friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe * Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels (1731–1792), German noble * Ulrike Adeberg (born 1970), German speed skater * Ulrike Arnold (born 1950), German artist * Ulrike Bahr (born 1964), German politician * Ulrike Baumgartner (born 1974), Austrian former cyclist * Ulrike Beisiegel (born 1952), German biochemist * Ulrike Bruns (born 1953), German track and field athlete * Ulrike Denk (born 1964), German sprint hurdler * Ulrike Deppe (born 1953), German slalom canoeist * Ulrike Diebold (born 1961), Austrian physicist and educator * Ulrike Draesner (born 1962), German author * Ulrike Felt (born 1957), Austrian social scientist * Ulrike Fitzer, née Flender (born 1982), German Air Force pilot * Ulrike Folkerts (born 1961), German ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Kirps
Francis Kirps is a Luxembourgian writer. Career He studied Psychology at the University of Strasbourg. Some of his early writings appeared in the cultural journal Cahiers Luxembourgeois. He has published two short story collections titled ''Planet Luxembourg'' ("Planet Luxemburg" in the original German), and ''The Mutations'' ("Die Mutationen"). He also has a novel to his name (''Die Klasse von 77'', 2016). His work has been published in various anthologies and contemporary short story collections. Kirps won the EU Prize for Literature for ''The Mutations''. He has been nominated for the Concours Littéraire National prize in his native country. He contributes to literary magazines such as EXOT and newspapers like taz. Kirps lives and works in Lintgen Lintgen () is a commune and small town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated on the river Alzette The Alzette (; ; ) is a river with a length of in France and Luxembourg. It is a right tribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elise Schmit
Elise Schmit (born 1982) is a Luxembourg writer and literary critic who writes mainly in German. She has won many awards including the 2019 Prix Servais for ''Stürze aus unterschiedlichen Fallhöhen'', a collection of short stories, which was judged to be the most significant literary work published in Luxembourg in 2018. Biography Born in Luxembourg on 4 February 1982, she studied German philology and philosophy at the University of Tübingen. Schmit has received many awards in Luxembourg, including the first prize for the ''Concours littéraire national'' in 2010 and 2012, as well as third prize in 2017; and the Prix Servais The Servais Prize for Literature (french: Prix Servais pour la littérature) is a Luxembourgish literary award, awarded since 1992 by the Servais Foundation. It is judged by a jury, and can be bestowed upon any writer from Luxembourg, regardless of ... in 2019. References 1982 births Living people Luxembourgian short story writers 21st-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Wagener
Nora Wagener (born 1989) is a Luxembourgish short story writer, novelist, children's writer and playwright who writes mainly in German. She has won many awards including the 2017 Prix Servais for ''Larven'' (Larvae), a collection of short stories, which was judged to be the most significant literary work published in Luxembourg in 2016. Biography Born in Luxembourg City on 21 March 1989, she was brought up in Mersch. After matriculating from the Lycée Robert-Schuman in 2008, she studied creative literature and journalism at the University of Hildesheim, Germany, graduating in 2012. The following year, she received a diploma in Luxembourg language and culture from Luxembourg's Institut National des Langues. In 2011, she published the novel ''Menschenliebe und Vogel, schrei'' in which the narrator reflects on life and her own identity while staying with her grandmother. In 2015, she wrote ''Visions'', a play featuring a depressed woman, which was presented in Esch-sur-Alzette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Meyer
Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's '' Vita Karoli Magni'', which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed in retribution by the Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. The story of Roland's death at Roncevaux Pass was embellished in later medieval and Renaissance literature. The first and most famous of these epic treatments was the Old French '' Chanson de Roland'' of the 11th century. Two masterpieces of Italian Renaissance poetry, the '' Orlando Innamorato'' and ''Orlando Furioso'' (by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto respectively), are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Helminger
Nico Helminger (born 1953) is a Luxembourg author who has written poetry, novels, plays and libretti for operas. In 2008, he was awarded the Batty Weber Prize for his literary work."Helminger, Guy", ''Luxemburger Lexikon'', Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg, 2006. "Nico Helminger" , ''Centre national de littérature''. Retrieved 6 February 2011. Biography Born on 1 July 1953 in , he is the elder brother of the author . After graduating from high school in 1972, Helminger went on to study German, |
Gilles Ortlieb
The Gilles are the oldest and principal participants in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium. They go out on Shrove Tuesday from 4 am until late hours and dance to traditional songs. Other cities, such as La Louvière and Nivelles, have a tradition of Gilles at carnival, but the Carnival of Binche is by far the most famous. In 2003, the Carnival of Binche was proclaimed one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ....Logan p.223 Costume Around 1000 Gilles, all male, some as young as three years old, wear the traditional costume of the Gille on Shrove Tuesday. The outfit features a linen suit with red, yellow, and black heraldic designs (the colours of the Belgian flag), trimmed with large white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Krier
Jean Krier (2 January 1949 – 12 January 2013) was a Luxembourg poet who in 2011 was awarded both the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize for the best work by a non-German author and the Servais Prize for the best literary work written by a Luxembourger. In both cases, the work in question was ''Herzens Lust Spiele'' (2010). In connection with the Chamisso prize, the jury commented on how the work provided an original and impressive enrichment of German-language poetry. "His carpets of German, subtly interspersed with sprinkles of French, are fed by experiential elements and reading experiences". Krier was born in Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ..., studied German and English literature in Freiburg, and lived and worked in Luxembourg. He contributed poems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pol Sax
Pol Sax (born 1960) is a Luxembourg writer living in Berlin whose German-language novel ''U5'' won the Servais Prize for Luxembourg literature in 2009. Biography Born on 29 January 1960 at Schifflange in south-eastern Luxembourg, Sax attended primary school in Mondercange, the ''École professionelle'' in Esch-sur-Alzette, the ''Ecole des arts et métiers'' in Luxembourg City, and the Lycée des garçons in Esch-sur-Alzette. He went on to study German and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg and at the Université libre de Bruxelles."CNL: Pol Sax" ''Centre national de littérature''. Retrieved 11 February 2011. From 1994 to 1996, Sax was initially employed in restaurants and as an operator in a pasta factory in Heidelberg from 1994 to 1996. He then worked until 1999 as a bartender. Since 2001, he has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
