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Georges Rodenbach (1855–1898)
Rodenbach, Georges (rō’den-bäch). A Belgian poet and journalist; born at Tournay, July 16, 1855; died at Paris, Dec. 24, 1898. His great piece is ‘Belgium’ (1880), a historical poem; and he also wrote: ‘The Fireside and the Field’ (1877); ‘Sorrows’ (1879); ‘The Beautiful Sea’ (1881); ‘The Winter of Fashion’ (1884); ‘White Youth’ (1886); ‘Silence’ (1888); ‘Art in Exile’ (1889); ‘The Reign of Silence’ (1891); and one romance, ‘Bruges la Morte’ (1892).