Edwin John Luce (1881 in
Saint Lawrence, Jersey
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– 1918) was a writer and journalist in
Jèrriais, the
Norman language of
Jersey
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. He was known to his friends as Jock Luce, and wrote under the pen name of Élie.
E. J. Luce reported on many matters in the
États de Jersey, on the Royal Court, on the Magistrate's Court and the
Parish Assemblies. As an editor for ''Nouvelle Chronique'' as well as ''Chroniques de Jersey'', he wrote on the events of the day.
From 1900 his poetry in Jèrriais appeared in the
almanac
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s of the ''Nouvelle Chronique de Jersey''. He was a man of extraordinary qualities and a gifted writer in
English
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French and Jèrriais, who also possessed a remarkable understanding of human nature. His prose and poetry aroused the admiration of other writers in the dialect of Jersey and those who claim that the dialect has neither grammar nor orthography will be convinced otherwise by reading his work.
He was the brother of
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Norman-language poets
Jersey writers
1881 births
1918 deaths
People from Saint Lawrence, Jersey
Deaths from Spanish flu
Jersey journalists
20th-century poets
20th-century journalists
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