Lucien Schmitthäusler (5 February 1935 – 6 April 2020) was a French writer and educator.
Biography
Schmitthäusler's mother tongue was
Rhenish Francic. He wrote poetry and stories in this language, with other works in
French
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and
German
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.
Like many people in
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
his age, Schmitthäusler learned German in primary school, and French after the
Liberation of Paris
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. He worked as a nurse and a specialized doctor in
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
. After retirement he lived in
Weyersheim and
Sarreinsming
Sarreinsming (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Äänsminge'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France
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.
His works were often published by magazine ''Paraple'' via the association Gau un Griis. His books, many of which were published in multiple languages, are widely available in
France
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and
Germany
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.
Lucien Schmitthäusler died on 6 April 2020 in
Rouhling
Rouhling (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France
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at the age of 85.
References
1935 births
2020 deaths
French writers
French educators
People from Sarreguemines
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