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- Birth nameGeorges Raymond Constantin Rodenbach
- Georges Rodenbach was born on July 16, 1855 in Tournai, Belgium. He was a writer, known for Más allá del olvido (1956), Your Favorite Story (1953) and Die tote Stadt (1983). He died on December 25, 1898 in Paris, France.
- He spent the last ten years of his life in Paris as the correspondent of the Journal de Bruxelles, and was an intimate of Edmond de Goncourt.
- David Bowie mentions Rodenbach in his song "Dancing Out In Space" from his 2013 album The Next Day. The exact line, "Silent as Georges Rodenbach", is possibly referring to Rodenbach's book of poetry "Le règne du silence" (The Reign of Silence) including the final poem "Du silence".
- He published eight collections of verse and four novels, as well as short stories, stage works and criticism.
- He was a Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist.
- Albrecht Rodenbach, his cousin, was a poet and novelist as well, and a leader in the revival of Flemish literature of the 19th century.
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