Books in and about Luxembourgish

The following list of books are in the Luxembourgish, French or German languages — some of them are bilingual. Many were gifts of the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg. Thanks to the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg; the Bibliothèque Nationale; the Institut Grand-Ducal: Section de Linguistique, d'Ethnologie et d'Onomastique; the Maison de la Littérature; Jul Christophory, for his help; and Her Excellency, Arlette Conzemius, the Ambassador of Luxembourg to the United States.

This exhibition was compiled in 1999 by Carlo Krieger, Embassy of Luxembourg, and Eric Solsten, former librarian in the European Division, Library of Congress.

For more books on this topic search the Library of Congress catalog using the subject headings Luxembourgish language, World War, 1939-1945--Luxembourg, and Luxembourgish language--Texts.

The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional digitized versions are included when available.

Bibliographie courante de la littérature luxembourgeoise by Centre d'archives littéraires et d'études de la littérature nationale
Call Number: Z2464.L5 B53 PN849.L88
ISBN: 1016-328X
Published/Created: 1997
Bibliography of contemporary Luxembourgish literature. Request in Reference - European Reading Room (Jefferson, LJ250)
D'Léierchen : Gedicht by Michel Rodange ; virgestallt vum Alain Atten
Call Number: PT2635.O244 D54 1990
Published/Created: 1990
Michel Rodange was a school teacher, poet and novelist most famous for writing Reynard or Renert, which was published in 1872. It is an epic satirical work—adapted from the 1858 Cotta Edition of Goethe's fox epic Reineke Fuchs to a setting in Luxembourg—it is known for its insightful analysis of the unique characteristics of the people of Luxembourg, using regional and sub regional dialects to depict the fox and his companions. Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-206). Text in Luxembourgish; introduction and critical matter in German.
De Michel Rodange : op en Neis fotografëert by Ausstellung und Katalog, Germaine Goetzinger, Gast Mannes, Roger Muller
Call Number: PT2635.O244 G6 2002
ISBN: 2919903055
Published/Created: 2002
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Centre national de littérature, Luxembourg, Nov. 20, 2002-Apr. 18, 2003. Includes bibliographical references. Commentary in German; catalog entries include German, Luxembourgish, and French.
Dicks, 1823-1891 : Ed. de la Fontaine by Ausstellung und Katalog, Germaine Goetzinger ... [et al.].
Call Number: PT3895.L8 D53 2009
ISBN: 9782919903177
Published/Created: 2009
Accompanied by compact disc of La Fontaine's poetry, read by Steve Karier.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-270).
In German, French, and Luxembourgish.
Iwwer Waasser : Roman by Georges Hausemer
Call Number: PT2668.A776 I88 1998
ISBN: 3888651611
Published/Created: 1998
Georges Hausemer was a free-lance writer, translator, illustrator and editor. He awarded various national and foreign prizes, scholarships and grants for his work as an author and translator, for novels, short stories, travel stories and poems. He was a founding member of the Luxembourg Writers Association (LSV) in 1986. [Above Water]
Luxemburger Wörterbuch
Call Number: PF5492 .L89 1977
Originally published: Luxemburg : P. Linden, Hofbuchdrucker, 1950-1977.
Dictionary. im Auftrage der Grossherzoglich Luxemburgischen Regierung herausgegeben von der Wörterbuchkommission, auf Grund der Sammlungen, die seit 1925 von der Luxemburgischen Sprachgesellschaft und seit 1935 von der Sprachwissenschaftlichen Sektion des Grossherzoglichen Instituts veranstaltet worden sind. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Request in Reference - European Reading Room (Jefferson, LJ250)
Mumm Séis, Mutter Suse : Koméidéistéck, Lustspiel
Call Number: PT3895.L8 L19 1994
Published/Created: 1994
Edmond de la Fontaine, better known by his pen name of Dicks, was a Luxembourgish jurist, poet, and lyricist, known for his work in the Luxembourgish language. Includes bibliographical references (173-200).
Text in Luxembourgish and German on facing pages.
Op der Juocht & D'Kirmesgèscht = [Op der Juecht an D'Kiirmesgäscht] by Dicks [i.e. Edmond de La Fontaine]
Call Number: PT3895.L8 L2 1989
Published/Created: 1989
Edmond de la Fontaine, better known by his pen name of Dicks, was a Luxembourgish jurist, poet, and lyricist, known for his work in the Luxembourgish language. Text in Luxembourgish.
Porto fir d'Affekoten : Roman by Josy Braun
Call Number: PT2662.R2833 P67 1997
ISBN: 3888651441
Published/Created: 1997
Josy Braun was a Luxembourg writer, journalist and translator. He wrote literature for adults and children and in different styles for different audiences. He wrote mainly in Luxembourgish. His plays often convey political concerns. He passed away in 2012. [Port Wine for the Lawyers]
Saetzlinge : 333 Stücke, Aphorismen by Jacques Wirion
Call Number: PT2685.I64 S24 1993
ISBN: 3888541107
Published/Created: 1993
Original donation
Schierbelen : Roman by Georges Kieffer
Call Number: PT2671.I2642 S3 1998
ISBN: 3888651638
Published/Created: 1998
The last few decades have seen the emergence of a new generation of writers using Luxembourgish. They work in a variety of forms: drama, novels, non-fiction, detective stories, and poetry. Georges Kieffer's Schierbelen is translated into Shards.
A Short History of Literature in Luxembourgish by Jul Christophory
Call Number: PT3895.L9 C37 1994
ISBN: 2879800110
Published/Created: 1994
Luxembourg has known regional bilingualism for seven centuries at least (i.e. since the period when the country was divided into a Wallonian and a German district.) This book sets out to survey the slow development of the different literary forms over the last 170 years of Luxembourg history.
Vakanz am Pazifik : Roman by Guy Rewenig
Call Number: PT2678.E84 V35 1998
ISBN: 3888651379
Published/Created: 1998
Guy Rewenig is a Luxembourgish author and novelist and is known for creating a trend for writers to use the Luxembourgish language. He wrote the first novel in the Luxembourgish language in 1984. Up till that point there were only poems and theatrical works.
Original donation from the Embassy.
Wantergréng by Michel Lentz
Call Number: PF5493 .L4
Published/Created: 1920
Michel Lentz (1833–1893), a national poet among the likes of Edmond de la Fontaine (Dicks) (1821–1891). He was educated at the Free University of Brussels where he studied philology. Toward the end of his life, he had a medical condition that caused him to lose his sight. There is a commemorative plaque at his place of birth, 6, rue Notre Dame. Most of his poems and creative works were composed in Luxembourgish.

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Books in and about Luxembourgish