Batty Weber

Batty Weber was born on 25 November 1860 in Rumelange, the son of the village schoolteacher, and grew up in Stadtbredimus, where he met Dicks. After the Athénée, he studied philology in Berlin and Bonn, then entered the civil service as a stenographer before turning to journalism. Editor-in-chief of the Luxemburger Zeitung from 1893, he wrote a daily column there from 1913 to 1940, more than seven thousand pieces, and also wrote plays in Luxembourgish. He died in Luxembourg in December 1940; the national literature prize bears his name.

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• NovelFenn KaßBatty Weber · 1913not translated into EnglishLiterature