What is Albrecht Rodenbach?
'''Albertus Petrus Josephus Mansuetus Ferdinandus (Berten or Albrecht) Rodenbach''' (27 October 1856, [[Roeselare]] - 23 June 1880, Roeselare) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[poet]]. He is remembered as a symbol of the [[Flemish Movement]]. [[Hugo Verriest]] called him ''the poet, the soul, the heart, the mind, the word of Reborn Flanders''. Rodenbach was inspired by the writers [[Guido Gezelle]] and [[Hendrik Conscience]]. Rodenbach was born to a family of 10 children. His parents were wine merchants. He was a cousin to the writer [[Georges Rodenbach]]. He graduated from the Catholic minor Seminary in Roeselare. He met the writer [[Pol de Mont]] at the [[Catholic University of Leuven]]. Together they were involved in the Flemish movement. Rodenbach was the leader of the Flemish student’s association. He was 23 when he died. ==Works== *Eerste gedichten (1878) *Gudrun (play) (1882) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodenbach, Albrecht}} [[Category:1856 births]] [[Category:1880 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian poets]] [[Category:People from West Flanders]]