Wednesday, November 9, 2011

20th Century Literature and Poems

Writers and Poets of 20th Century Germany
By: Matt Dehn, Miranda Scherer, Lacey Harp, Robert Niehoff, 
Tom Monson, Angela Balcome, Tim Cox and Starsha Vang
Pre war(1900-1914)
Expressionism
Built up emotions that lead to war

Reaction of Conditions
New Objectivism
A better lifestyle?

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/230881/German-literature
War Era 1915-1945
Much written about this era!

Expressionism Era Effected

NAZI CONTROL
Book Burning Hyperlink
POST WAR(1945-1959)
Much writing about holocaust survival

Aftermath of War

Depressing
Hans Fallada
Born in Greifswald in 1893
Pseudonyms come from Grimm Fairy Tales
Died in 1947 at 54 years of age
Works include
Little Man- What Now?
Alone in Berlin
Little Man- What Now?
Published in 1932
Made into a Movie- released in US in 1934
Alone in Berlin
Published in 1947
Based on true story
Became bestseller in US/UK when translated into English
Thomas Kling
Poet
Wrote Manhatten Mouthspace about 9/11 disaster
Died in 2005
Anna Seghers/ Netty Reiling
Born as Netty Reiling in Mainz
Studied Philology (study of language), History and Sinology (study of classical language and literature) at Heidelber in Cologne.
Published Die Gefährten in 1932 warning about fascism. Leading to her arrest and later working for an anti-fascist magazine.
In 1950 she was a co-founder of the GDR.
Died in 1983
Günter Eich
Born February 1, 1907 in Lebus, Brandenburg
Served in German Army during WWII
Poet, Playwrite, Author
Died 1972
Works of Günter Eich
Rebellion in der Goldstadt (1940)
Züge im Nebel (1947)
Abgelegene Gehöfte (1948)
Träume. Vier Spiele (1953)
Das Jahr Lazertis (1954)
Botschaften des Regens (1955) 
Stimmen (1958)
Zu den Akten (1964)
Anlässe und Steingärten (1966)
Maulwürfe (1968)
Ein Tibeter in Meinem
Büro (1970)
Nach Seumes Papieren (1972)
Erich Remarque
Born 1898
Wrote All Quiet on the Western Front after his experience on the Western front
Left Germany in 1931
In 1933 the Nazis banned and destroyed all copies of All Quiet on the Western Front
In 1943 the Nazi party arrested his sister for undermining morale. She was sentenced to death by guillotine
Other Works of Erich Remarque
The Road Back 
Three Comrades
Arch of Triumph
A Spark of Life
Time to Live and Time to Die
Christa Wolf
Born March 18, 1929 in Brandenburg
Literacy Critic, Novelist, Essayist
One of the best-known writers from East Germany
First recipient of the German Book Prize
Best known work was with Der Geteilte Himmel (1963)
Anne Frank
Born June 12, 1929
German-Jewish teen, forced into hiding during the Holocaust
Spent 25 months above her fathers office in Amsterdam
In March, 1945, 9 months after she and her family was found. Anne Frank died of typhus at the age of 15.
Her Diary was published in 1947, later becoming one of the most widely read books in the world
Aldona Gustas
Born in Lithuania March 2, 1932
Moved to Berlin in 1941
Published 11 books of poetry between 1962-1980. 
Main theme being Love
Received Rahel Varnhagen Medal in 1997. 
Erich Kastner
Born in Dresden on February 23, 1899
Author, Screenwriter
Satire
Humorous Poetry
Childrens Literature
Drafted in WWI at 18 years old
Published Emil Und Die Detektive (1928)- Best-known childrens book
Novel Fabian (1931) made into movie released in 1980

Alfred Döblin 
Worked at Journalist in Berlin
Won Fontane Prize for Die drei Sprünge des Wang-Lung (1915)
Was German Army doctor during WWI
Became President of German Writers Association in 1924
Most famous work was Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929)
Worked for MGM Studios in USA in 1940 before moving to France in 1945
Sources
http://www.lituanus.org/1981_4/81_4_07.htm#Ref
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldona_Gustas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Doblin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Doeblin
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_K%C3%A4stner
http://www.mertin-litag.de/authors_htm/Hilsenrath-E.htm 
http://www.nndb.com/people/079/000163587/
 http://www.mscd.edu/~mdl/gerresources/frauen/aseghers.htm
 http://www.dialoginternational.com/dialog_international/2010/04/national-poetry-month-.html
http://klappentexterin.wordpress.com/category/fundstucke/page/2/  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_Wolf
http://maps.thefullwiki.org/Christa_Wolf
http://www.thewiplist.com/celebrity/Christa+Wolf_10634129/
http://hansfallada.com/
http://hansfallada.com/wp-content/themes/arthemia/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Fallada_1_DW_Kultur_818266g.jpg&w=300&h=275&zc=1&q=100
 http://germany.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2219
http://www.annefrank.com/who-is-anne-frank/ 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Maria_Remarque
http://www.annefrank.com/who-is-anne-frank/

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