Servais Prize for Literature
1 appearances
-
Edition 16 (2007) Winner
Lambert Schlechter
らんべーる・しゅれひたー
Ranbēru Shurehitā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-12-04 （Luxembourg City）
- Nationality
- Luxembourgish
- Languages
- French, German
- Residence History
- Luxembourg City → Echternach → Eschweiler
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, essayist, teacher, philosophy teacher
- Active Years
- 1981-2024
- Affiliations
- Vice-president of Amnesty International Luxembourg section, Representative in the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva, President of the Conseil national du livre
- Memberships
- Société des écrivains luxembourgeois de langue française (SELF)
- Nominations
- 1994 finalist for Prix international de francophonie Yvan-Goll, 2005 nominated for Prix des Découvreurs, 2006 nominated for Lo Stellato – Premio Internazionale di Narrativa
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Paris and Nancy | — | Faculty of Philosophy and Literature | — | — | France |
University of Paris and Nancy
Faculty of Philosophy and Literature
Country:
France
Studied philosophy and literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Prix du Concours littéraire national | De bello gallico | — | Luxembourg | winner |
| 1986 | Prix du Concours littéraire national | Angle mort | — | Luxembourg | winner |
| 2007 | Prix Servais | Le murmure du monde | — | Luxembourg | winner |
| 2014 | Batty Weber Prize | Entire work | — | Luxembourg | winner |
Prix du Concours littéraire national
1981
Work:
De bello gallico
Organization:
Luxembourg
Result:
winner
Prix du Concours littéraire national
1986
Work:
Angle mort
Organization:
Luxembourg
Result:
winner
Prix Servais
2007
Work:
Le murmure du monde
Organization:
Luxembourg
Result:
winner
Batty Weber Prize
2014
Work:
Entire work
Organization:
Luxembourg
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Batty Weber Prize (Prix Batty Weber)
1 appearances
-
Edition 10 (2014) Winner
Works
Major Works
Le murmure du monde
2006 ProseA collection of literary, philosophical and autobiographical fragments.
worldmurmur
Translations
- Armenian, etc.
Bibliography
- Das grosse Rasenstück
- La muse démuselée
Translations of Works
- One Day I will Write a Poem (English)
- Le papillon de Solutré (Armenian)
- All'opposto di ogni posto (Italian)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fragmentarypoetic prosephilosophical
- Recurring Motifs
- fragments of daily lifemurmur of the world
Legacy
Important Luxembourgish author writing in French, with over 40 books of poetry, novels, and essays.
Trivia
- In April 2015, his house in Eschweiler was destroyed by a huge blast, losing thousands of books and manuscripts.