1874 - 1963
Edmond Fleg French Playwright
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Details
| Birthday |
26th November, 1874
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| Birthplace |
Geneva
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| Died |
15th October, 1963
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| Place of Death |
Paris
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Nationality |
French
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| Occupation Text |
Writer
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| Occupation |
Playwright
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Edmond Flegenheimer better known as Edmond Fleg,
(26 November 1874 – 15 October 1963) was a Jewish French writer, thinker, novelist, essayist and playwright of the 20th century. Fleg’s oeuvre was crucial in constructing a modern French Jewish identity, rendering him an instrumental figure in the Jewish awakening during the interwar years. After World War I, Jewish writers began articulating a new, cultural definition of what it meant to be a Jew within the context of French Third Republic universalism. Through his writings — based on Jewish and Christian texts -- Fleg formed the foundation of a modern French Jewish spirituality and self-understanding, which allowed secular French Jews to preserve their Jewish identity. In doing so, Fleg was calling for an exploration of the living texts of traditional Judaism as the basis for a modern Jewish identity, establishing a new literary direction devoted to re-interpreting biblical texts and legends, and liturgies.
