speak to the destiny of Europe. Although his early gifts were apparent to those around him, recognition of Jean-Paul de Dadelsen's poetic genius has only arrived posthumously. He wrote in French, in German (for the BBC) and in English ("Stone in Venice", "Prospect in Pisa"). Memorials The village of Muttersholtz remembers him through its “de Dadelsen Trail”. The College in Hirsingue bears his name. Publications Jonas, Gallimard, 1962. Goethe en Alsace with commentary by Denis de Rougemont, François Mauriac and Baptiste-Marrey. Cognac, France: Le Temps qu'il fait, 1995. Jonas, Gallimard, « Poésie » 2005. In this edition 17 texts and poems are added to the body of the 1962 edition of "Jonas", taken from "Goethe en Alsace" edited by Baptiste-Marrey. La beauté de vivre. Poèmes et lettres à l'oncle Éric, preface by Gérard Pfister, with reminiscences from Nathan Katz, Erik Jung (the uncle in question) and Christian Lutz with a detailed biography and a complete bibliography, Éditions Arfuyen, 2013. Bibliography Jean-Paul Sorg, « Jean-Paul de Dadelsen », in Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, vol. 7, p. 565 Albert Strickler, Lettre à Jean-Paul de Dadelsen : Pâques 1957-Pâques 2007, Les Petites Vagues éd., La Broque, 2007. Évelyne Frank, Jean-Paul de Dadelsen. La sagesse de l'en-bas, Éditions Arfuyen, préface de Jean-Claude Walter, 2013. Fonds Jean-Paul de Dadelsen, Œuvres en prose, carnets intimes, correspondance, documents biographiques, 1931-1957, Manuscripts of the "Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg", Calames, 2015. Patrick Beurard-Valdoye (2019) Cycle des exils (VII) - Flache d’Europe aimants garde-fous, Flammarion References External links Notice biographique (Alsace-Culture) 1913 births 1957 deaths European integration pioneers History of the European Union French male writers Literary translators Translators from German German–French translators BBC radio presenters BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC World Service people French poets French military personnel of World War II French Lutherans People from Alsace Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) French people of German descent 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French translators 20th-century Lutherans 20th-century French male writers