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Germain Muller (July 23, 1923 in
Germain Muller et l'origine du mot ''Barabli''
(Institut national de l'audiovisuel, May 6, 1967) {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Germain 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
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
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, 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
*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
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(Institut national de l'audiovisuel, May 6, 1967) {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Germain 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