Joachim von Reichel
Eduard Joachim von Reichel alias Joachim von Kürenberg (born September 21, 1892 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † November 3, 1954 in Meran ) was a German writer . He was a storyteller and playwright, but was best known for his biographical novels about important personalities of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Life
As a descendant of 1861 ennobled Salzburg exiles , Reichel attended high schools in Königsberg and Rathenow . He became an officer in the regiment of the Gardes du Corps . He studied art history at the Universities of Königsberg , Berlin , Zurich and Heidelberg . During the First World War he was attaché in Constantinople , Rome and Vienna from 1914 to 1918 .
He worked as a dramaturge in Bremen , Düsseldorf and Vienna and had been a freelance writer since 1930. Since he did not want to write for National Socialism , he was forbidden to publish. In 1935 he emigrated to Switzerland . During a visit to Italy he was arrested and held in the Landsberg Fortress from 1943 to 1945 . In the post-war period he lived in Hamburg .
Honors
- Gold Medal of Honor for Art and Science (1937)
- Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Member of the Bucharest Art Academy
Works
- Balkan experiences of a German secret courier , 1917
- Essays , 1925
- Murder in Tyrol , drama 1930
- The Mole , drama 1931
- Holstein, the Gray Eminence , 1932
- Russia's way to Tannenberg , 1934
- Menzel, the little Excellency , 1934
- Croup. Battle for steel , 1935
- Johanna von Bismarck , Berlin 1935
- The Mediterranean Sea in Arms , 1939
- Was it all wrong? (1940)
- Katharina Schratt , Bern 1941
- The dancing saint , 1941
- The Empress of India , 1946
- Carneval of the Lonely , Bern 1947
- Heinrich von Kleist , 1948
- The Empress of India , Hamburg 1948
- Money doesn't matter , 1949
- Bella donna , 1950
- Voltaire , 1951
- Carol II and Madame Lupescu , Bonn 1952
- Night of Immortality , 1953
- The Kaiser , London 1954
Kürenberg's works have been translated into English, French, Italian, Finnish, Swedish, Spanish, Hungarian and Japanese.
Web links
- Literature by and about Joachim von Reichel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kürenberg, Joachim von . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kürenberg, Joachim von . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reichel, Joachim von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kürenberg, Joachim von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd November 1954 |
| Place of death | Meran |