Rolf Recknagel
Rolf Recknagel (born February 2, 1918 in Steinbach-Hallenberg , † April 5, 2006 in Leipzig ) was a German literary scholar . He studied in Jena and Leipzig. Since 1954 he has been a lecturer in contemporary foreign literature at the college for librarians in Leipzig. In 1973 he graduated as Dr. phil .
Recknagel was best known for the fact that he was able to identify the Munich author, actor, Soviet revolutionary and editor and sole author of the magazine Der Ziegelbrenner (1917–1921) "Ret Marut" on the basis of stylistic comparisons in B. Traven . Recknagel also published biographies on Jack London and Oskar Maria Graf .
In 1970 Recknagel was awarded the Heinrich Heine Prize from the Ministry of Culture of the GDR and in 1978 the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.
The songwriter Gerulf Pannach was his son-in-law.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , April 28, 1978, p. 6
Web links
- Literature by and about Rolf Recknagel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Article about Recknagel in the "Leipzig Lexicon"
- Portrait of Recknagel by Wolfgang Knape ( Memento from May 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (short version)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Recknagel, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steinbach-Hallenberg , Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 2006 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |