Vigée, Claude
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| Birthname | Claude Strauss | ||||
| born on | 3 January 1921 at 06:00 (= 06:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Bischwiller, France, 48n46, 7e52 | ||||
| Timezone | GMT h0e (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   12°21'   06°33 Asc. 21°40'
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Biography
French poet who wrote in French and Alsatian.
Among other subjects, Vigée's poetry discusses the suffering of the Jews, the Alsatians, the Alsatian Jews and the Jews in Alsace, but he also deals with the beauty and the transitoriness of the simple, rural heritage.
Vigée is the winner of numerous awards, including the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis (1984), the Grand prix de Poésie de la Société des Gens de Lettres de France (1987), the Prix de la Fondation du Judaïsme français (1994), the Grand prix de Poésie de l'Académie française (1996), the Würth Prize for European Literature (2002) and the Elisabeth Langgässer Literature Prize (2003).
Vigée died in Paris on 2 October 2020 at the age of 99.
Source Notes
Starkman quotes Lepoivre, original source is unknown.
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Poet
