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Edmond Fleg

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Edmond Fleg · Arts & Literature

What

Poet / lyricist

When

1874, Geneva, Switzerland — 1963, Paris, France

Where

Switzerland · France

Biography

Edmond Fleg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Poet / lyricist

How & why

Fleg (born Edmond Flegenheimer) was a French poet, playwright and essayist who became one of the most eloquent literary voices of modern Jewish identity in France, especially through works such as 'Pourquoi je suis juif' ('Why I Am a Jew'). Moved by the Dreyfus Affair, he returned to his Jewish roots and devoted much of his writing to Jewish history, faith and reconciliation. He was Jewish, born in Geneva.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists

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Poet / lyricist

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists