Edmond Fleg
Edmond Flegenheimer better known as Edmond Fleg, (26 November 1874, Geneva – 15 October 1963, Paris) was a Jewish French writer, thinker, novelist, essayist and playwright of the 20th century. He is the author of many works in a variety of genres:
- Poetry
- Hear O Israel,
- The Lord is our God,
- The Lord is One,
- And thou shalt love the Lord.
- Translations
He translated a part of the Bible in French; Genesis in 1946 and Exodus in 1963.
- Opera Librettist
- He was originally commissioned to write the libretto in 1912, and completed a long version within that year. [1]
References
- ↑ Michael Ewans, 'Oedipe, Edsmond Fleg and George Enesco,' in M. Ewans, Opera from the Greek: Studies in the Poetics of Appropriation, Ashgate, 2007 pp.105-128 p.105.
- "Fleg, Edmond" (in German). Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- "Ergebnis der Suche nach: Woe=118533843 im Bestand: Gesamter Bestand" (in German). DEUTSCHEN NATIONAL BIBLIOTHEK. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.