Ernst Kreuder
Ernst Kreuder (29 August 1903 – 24 December 1972) was an award-winning German author. He was born in Zeitz and died in Darmstadt.
Work
His 1946 work The Attic Pretenders concerned a secret associations view of imagination and reality and was well received. [1] Unica Zürn considered it to be one of her favorite books. [2] He also wrote works like Those Who Cannot Be Found[3] and The Undiscoverables.[4] Although his works have been described as melancholy or Kafkaesque he stated that "the literary fashion of hopeless despair must be overcome."[5]
Awards
- 1953 Georg Büchner Prize
References
- ↑ German literature of the twentieth century by Ingo Roland Stoehr pg 244 and 308
- ↑ Schofield/Sparks. "No One Reads Ernst Kreuder". Writers No One Reads. Accessed June 2015
- ↑ The Antioch review anthology: essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews ... - Page 448
- ↑ Germany: a companion to German studies by Jethro Bithell pgs 359-360
- ↑ German literature: a critical survey by Bruno Boesch pg 345
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