LL-L "Lowlanders abroad" 2009.07.18 (02) [EN]

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From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
Subject: LL-L Cross-Cultural

In our low countries we have had quite some people who wrote or sung in an
other language that that of their region and still became famous.

I guiess one can come to a long inventory, just some I had in mind:

The Dutch writer, Belle van Zuylen (wrote in French)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_van_Zuylen
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_de_Charrière<http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_de_Charri%C3%A8re>

The Flemish writer Maeterlinck (wrote in French)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeterlinck
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Maeterlinck
(Nobel price 1911)

The Flemish writer Verhaeren (wrote in French)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Verhaeren
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verhaeren

Georges Rodenbach, of the West-Flemish family (wrote in French)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Rodenbach
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Rodenbach
not to mix with the Flemish romantic writer Albrecht Rodenbach
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Rodenbach
nor with the beer-brewer Alexander Rodenbach
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Rodenbach
The brwery has been taken over by Palm but the red Rodenbach is still doing
well.

A Dutch singer, making career in France:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_(zanger)<http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_%28zanger>
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave

A West-Flemish singer, quite popular in France:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_(chanteur)<http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_%28chanteur%29>
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_(zanger)<http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_%28zanger>

A Limburgish singer, quite popular in France:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axelle_Red
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axelle_Red

A Brussels singer, popular everywhere:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brel
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brel

A Brussels writer, steeling all credits for Tyl Ulenspiegel:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Coster
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_De_Coster

A Dutch writer, who switched to US-English:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_de_Hartog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_de_Hartog

A Limbugish writer, who left our good county of Loon for Thüringen
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_van_Veldeke
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_von_Veldeke

A Dutch singer, popular in Germany, but living in Gemmenich, Belgium
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heintje
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heintje

A Dutch show presentator who got better pay in Germany
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Carrell
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Carrell

I guess many other names can be added.
Including H21 or Mata Hari.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari

Regards,
Roger

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