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Lex Jacoby

レックス・ヤコビ

Rekkusu Yakobi

Aliases: Alex Jacoby

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1930-02-28 (Junglinster)
Died
2015-11-20 age 85
Nationality
Luxembourgish
Languages
French, German
Residence History
Junglinster → Clervaux

Career

Occupations
writer, teacher
Active Years
1952-2015

Awards

Servais Prize
1996
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Die Sehnsucht des Schamanen

1952 novel

Der Fremde

1954 novel

Le Pavot Blanc

1963 novel

Bibliography

  • Die Sehnsucht des Schamanen (1952)
  • Der Fremde (1954)
  • Le Pavot Blanc (1963)
  • Luxemburg (1963)
  • Der Grenzstein (1963)
  • Nachts gehen die Fische an Land (1980)
  • Das Logbuch der Arche (1988)
  • Der fromme Staub der Feldwege (1990)
  • Spanien heiter bis wolkig (1994)
  • Wasserzeichen (1995)
  • Remis in der Provence (2000)
  • Wie nicht ganz schwarzer Kohlenstein (2001)
  • Die Deponie (2006)

Legacy

Luxembourgish writer known for novels, poems, plays, and newspaper articles. Early works in French, later exclusively in German. Winner of the Servais Prize.