Albrecht Rodenbach
Albrecht Rodenbach was a Flemish poet, and a leader in the revival of Flemish literature that occurred in the late 19th century. He is more noteworthy as a symbol of the Flemish movement, than for his actual activities, since he died at the age of 23. Hugo Verriest called Rodenbach the poet, the soul, the heart, the mind, the word of Reborn Flanders.
Rodenbach was born in Roeselare into a bourgeois family, the eldest ofchildren and cousin to the novelist Georges Rodenbach. Albrecht Rodenbachs father was Julius Rodenbach from the Rhineland, brother to Felix Rodenbach, the Flemish political propagandist. Albrecht Rodenbachs mother was Silvia de la Houttre . Although his mother was a Walloon from Tournai, she had adopted the Dutch spoken in Roeselare. From an early age, Rodenbach was exposed to Flemish nationalistic feeling by his father and his uncle.
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