Germain Muller (July 23, 1923 in
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
– October 10, 1994 in Strasbourg), was a French
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
,
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
,
songwriter
A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...
,
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
,
humourist
A humorist (American) or humourist (British spelling) is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking, but is not an artist who seeks only to elicit laughs. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business ...
,
politician
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and a prominent figure in
Alsatian culture. In 1946, he cofounded ''De Barabli'' (The Umbrella), the most popular
Alsatian language
Alsatian ( gsw-FR, Elsässisch, links=no or "Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: ''Elsässerdeitsch''; french: Alsacien; german: Elsässisch or ) is the group of Alemannic German dialects spoken in most of Alsace, a formerly disputed regi ...
satirical
cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or d ...
. He was later elected a Strasbourg city councillor.
[John Western, ''Cosmopolitan Europe: A Strasbourg Self-Portrait'', Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2012, p. 72 ]
References
Bibliography
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Pierre Pflimlin
Pierre Eugène Jean Pflimlin (; 5 February 1907 – 27 June 2000) was a French Christian Democrat politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic for a few weeks in 1958, before being replaced by Charles de Gaulle during the ...
& Malou Schneider, ''Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne'', Fédération des sociétés d'histoire et d'archéologie d'Alsace, vol. 27, p. 2748
External links
* (fr
Germain Muller et l'origine du mot ''Barabli''(Institut national de l'audiovisuel, May 6, 1967)
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1923 births
1994 deaths
Writers from Strasbourg
Politicians from Strasbourg
20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French songwriters
Male songwriters
French male actors
French city councillors
20th-century French poets
20th-century French male actors
20th-century French musicians