Emile Hemmen

Emile Hemmen (6 December 1923[1] – 8 January 2021) was a lyric poet and writer from Luxembourg who lived in Mondorf-les-Bains.

In his youth he refused to do military service for the German national socialist occupants and joined the resistance LPL "Lëtzebuerger Patrioteliga".

He worked as an attaché for the Luxembourg Ministry of Education from 1968 to 1969.

Hemmen published over 40 works in French, German and Luxembourgish: a novel, short stories and numerous volumes of poetry.

Besides, he is one of the founders of Éditions Estuaires, one of the most important cultural magazines in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.