Considered one of the pioneers of comic art in Luxembourg, Pe’l Schlechter is celebrating his 105th birthday.
On April 20, 1921, Pe’l Schlechter was born as the youngest son of the author Demy Schlechter into a family of artists in Limpertsberg.
For decades, Schlechter worked as a graphic designer, creating posters for the National Lottery and the fair. On 9 February, Schlechter held a special reading at the Konviktsgaart care home in Luxembourg City, where he read from his book Fable and gave an interview to RTL.
“I was the youngest of five. At home, there was always a lot of laughter and singing – it came from that environment quite automatically.”
Schlechter was two years old when his father died, leaving his mother to raise five children on her own."She was a hundred percent optimist,” he reminisced.
As a cartoonist and graphic artist, Schlechter remained highly productive for decades, developing a distinctive and recognisable style.
He is also an accomplished writer, producing poems, short stories and children’s books. At age 92, he was awarded the Lëtzebuerger Buchpräis (Luxembourg Book Prize) in 2013 for his memoir De Pol muss an de Krich (Pol must go to war), in which he reflects on his experiences as a forced recruit and resistance fighter.
In his most recent work, he revisits the famous fables of Jean de La Fontaine, translating and adapting them into Luxembourgish.
RTL extends its warmest wishes on his birthday.
