Georges Rodenbach

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Georges Rodenbach was a Belgian Symbolist writer best known for his atmospheric novel "Bruges-la-Morte," which epitomizes the movement’s fascination with mood, decay, and inner life.

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instanceOf Symbolist writer
human
novelist
poet
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath appendicitis
countryOfBirth Belgium NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Belgium
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1855-07-16
dateOfDeath 1898-12-25
educatedAt Collège Sainte-Barbe (Ghent) NERFINISHED
University of Ghent NERFINISHED
employer Le Figaro NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Flemish
familyName Rodenbach NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork literature
genre Symbolist literature
novel
poetry
short story
givenName Georges NERFINISHED
hasLiteraryTheme death
decay
inner life
melancholy
hasRelativeType cousin of Albrecht Rodenbach
influenced Symbolist literature in Belgium
city-novel tradition about Bruges
influencedBy Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED
Stéphane Mallarmé NERFINISHED
languageOfExpression French
movement Symbolism
name Georges Rodenbach NERFINISHED
notableWork Bruges-la-Morte NERFINISHED
La Jeunesse blanche NERFINISHED
Le Carillonneur NERFINISHED
Le Règne du silence NERFINISHED
occupation journalist
lawyer
writer
placeOfBirth Tournai NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Paris
primarySettingOfNotableWork Bruges NERFINISHED
relative Albrecht Rodenbach NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Brussels NERFINISHED
Ghent NERFINISHED
Paris
workLocation Paris

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Die tote Stadt basedOnAuthor Georges Rodenbach
French symbolism hasKeyFigure Georges Rodenbach