Alexander Zinn

Adelbert Alexander Zinn (born March 18, 1880 in Coburg , † April 17, 1941 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt ) was a German writer, politician and state councilor in Hamburg .

Life

Zinn was the founder and first director of the State Press Office in Hamburg, which was founded in 1922. From 1924 he was political advisor to mayors Carl Wilhelm Petersen and Rudolf Ross and wrote their speeches. From 1927 he headed the newly established Senate Commission for Art Care . He was elected to the State Council by the Senate on May 13, 1929, an office he held until the National Socialists came to power on March 9, 1933.

Zinn burial site , Ohlsdorf

The city of Hamburg awarded the Alexander Zinn Prize for Literature in memory of Alexander Zinn ; The City of Hamburg has also awarded the Alexander Zinn Prize since 1965 "for journalists who have made outstanding contributions to the public good of Hamburg through outstanding, particularly pioneering contributions". Zinn was an extraordinary member of the Hamburg Artists' Association from 1832 .

The grave site for Adalbert Alexander Zinn is located in grid square Z 27 (southwest of Chapel 6,) at Hamburg's Ohlsdorf Cemetery .

Works

Crucifixion. Drama, 1908
Schlemihl. Comedy, 1920
Purgatory. Drama, 1921
Good cheer. A fantasy, 1921
Escape from riches. Comedy, 1936
Wöldermanns Park. Roman, 1936
Master Mathis called Grünewald. A Life Under God, 1937
The narrow stairs. Roman, 1938
The good seven. Comedy, 1940
The ice saints. Comedy, 1940
Columbus and Beatrice. Drama, 1941
In the crooked mirror. Cheerful stories and literary miniatures. From the estate, 1942

Film adaptations

Die gute Sieben (D, 1940), directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner , with Johannes Riemann , Käthe Haack , Gerda Maurus a . a.

Web links

Adelbert Alexander Zinn. In: Database project historical novel. University of Innsbruck
Literature by and about Alexander Zinn in the catalog of the German National Library
Newspaper article about Alexander Zinn in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Alexander Zinn in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

^ Website of the City of Hamburg ( Memento from May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Tin, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zinn, Adelbert Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coburg
DATE OF DEATH	April 17, 1941
Place of death	Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt

[1] Website of the City of Hamburg ( Memento from May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )