Max Sidow

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Max Sidow (born March 21, 1897 in Calbe , † December 10, 1965 in Hamburg ) was a German writer and dramaturge .

Life

Sidow was born in Calbe an der Saale and spent his early childhood there. Later he moved with his family to Zeitz , where he attended the collegiate high school there. Sidow then studied philosophy , art history , German literature and education at the universities in Jena , Münster and Leipzig . During this time he published volumes of poetry and wrote his first books. In 1923 he received his doctorate with a thesis on Piero della Francesca . From 1933 Sidow's books were partially banned and further publications were prevented. After 1945 Sidow went to Hamburg. Where he worked from 1946 to 1948 as chief dramaturge at the Junge Bühne. Later worked as an editor and wrote several radio plays. He is the father of the actor Jürgen Sidow . His estate is in the German Literature Archive in Marbach .

Works

  • The daily circuit . 1919
  • The city . Potsdam: Tillgner, 1920. (With an introduction by Theodor Däubler ).
  • Hermaphrodite: symphonic poetry . Hanover [u. a.]: Steegemann, 1920.
  • The golden chambers: three rings of devout love . Darmstadt: Darmstädter Werkkunst Verlag, 1921.
  • Playing with fire: short stories between death and death Life . Leipzig: Ph. Reclam jun., 1926. (With an afterword by Albert Soergel ).
  • Hatred: novellas . Leipzig: Ph. Reclam jun., 1927.
  • Requiem . Hamburg: Morawe & Scheffelt, 1947.
  • The noble Herr von Ossenkopp . Recklinghausen: Seemann, 1963.

literature

Paul Raabe : The authors and books of literary expressionism. A bibliographic manual . JB Metzler, 1992, ISBN 3-476-00575-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Sidow, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sidow, Max Paul Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Calbe
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1965
Place of death Hamburg