| LC control no. | n 85196828 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PT3895.L8 |
| Personal name heading | La Fontaine, Edmond de, 1823-1891 |
| Variant(s) | De La Fontaine, Edmond, 1823-1891 Fontaine, Edmond de La, 1823-1891 La Fontaine, Edmond-Lucien-Irvin de, 1823-1891 La Fontaine, E. de (Edmond de), 1823-1891 La Fontaine, Ed. de (Edmond de), 1823-1891 La Fontaine, Lucien-Irvin-Edmond de, 1823-1891 |
| See also | Alternate identity: Dicks, 1823-1891 |
| Associated country | Luxembourg |
| Located | Vianden (Luxembourg) Stadtbredimus (Luxembourg) |
| Birth date | 1823-07-24 |
| Death date | 1891-06-24 |
| Place of birth | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) |
| Place of death | Vianden (Luxembourg) |
| Field of activity | Creative writing Folklore Luxembourgish language Luxembourg--Civilization Justice, Administration of |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Folklorists Judges |
| Special note | Pseudonyms not found in published works represented in OCLC database as of 10 August 2016: Ed. d. F.; Een deen all Zeidunge liest; Een dee vill Deel um Wuurt helt; Eeren Abonnent vu langer Zeit |
| Found in | His Die deutsche Götterwelt im Luxemburger Lande, 1906: t.p. (Edmond de la Fontaine) NUC pre-1956 (La Fontaine, Edmond de, 1823-1923) Op der Juocht & D'Kirmesgèscht, 1989: t.p. (Dicks) p. 93 (Dicks; b. Edmond-Lucien-Irvin de la Fontaine, 07-24-1823) p. 97 (d. 1891) p. 104 (b. 07-24-1823 in Lëtzebuerg; d. 06-24-1891 in Veianen) Dicks. Mumm Séis, 1994: title page (Dicks; Edmond de la Fontaine (1823-1891); Koméidéistéck / Lustspiel) cover (Dicks [larger font, all upper case]; Edmond de la Fontaine [smaller font]) page 9 (he; writer of popular works in Luxembourgish; the national literary writer; also wrote scholarly works) page 10, etc. (the editor predominantly refers to the author as Dicks) OCLC, 9 August 2016 (access points: La Fontaine, Edmond de, 1823-1891; La Fontaine, Edmond de; Dicks, pseud.; Dicks, E.; Dicks, Edmond de la Fontaine, 1823-1891; usages: Dicks; Edmond de la Fontaine; Dicks (Edmond de la Fontaine); Edmond de la Fontaine, Dicks; Ed. de la Fontaine, E. de la Fontaine) Dictionnaire des auteurs luxembourgeois, viewed online 9 August 2016 (La Fontaine, Edmond de; Edmond de la Fontaine; Lucien-Irvin-Edmond de la Fontaine; he liked to use the literary pseudonym Dicks; E. Dicks; other names used only as part of collaboration in periodical issues: Ed. d. F., Een deen all Zeidunge liest, Een dee vill Deel um Wuurt helt, and Eeren Abonnent vu langer Zeit; 24.07.1823 Luxembourg-24.06.1891 Vianden; founder of Luxembourgish dialect drama; studied law at Université de Liège (1844-1846), Université de Heidelberg (1846-1847); became lawyer in 1850, judge 2 years later; quit the bar, moved to Remich in 1858, founded weaving company, which he closed in the mid-1860s; lived in château de Stadtbredimus 1866-1880; bourgmestre de Stadtbredimus 1866-1870; justice of the peace in Vianden, lived in Vianden 1881-1891; literary beginnings with journal articles in 1848; play De Scholtscheîn first performed 1855; for one-act vaudeville pieces, Dicks was both author of texts and composer of music; also wrote poems in Luxembourgish, German, and French, most published posthumously; wrote on Luxembourgish language, culture, and folklore (all but one of these works, a Luxembourgish dictionary, published under his real name); collected and edited folklore; pamphlets on various topics) |
| Associated language | ltz ger fre |
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