Albert Korn

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Albert Korn (born October 11, 1880 in Dillingen / Saar , † December 20, 1965 there ) was a German poet .

Life

Albert Korn began training at the Schwalbach mine in 1898 . In 1904 he became royal shift supervisor and secretary of the Heinitz mine , in 1907 he was secretary of the Saarknappschaft in Saarbrücken , where he last worked as a miners' officer. He began his poetic work in 1913 and published his first volume of poetry in 1914. Due to a nervous problem, he resigned his service in 1924 and from then on devoted himself to his poetic activity as a natural and local poet . After stints in Dortmund , Berlin and again in Saarbrücken, he lived in his native town of Dillingen from 1936 until his death. Korn's poems were written by Walter Rein, Hugo Kaun, Arnim Knab, Ottmar Gerster, Philipp Stilz, Robert Kaun and others. a. mostly set for male choirs. With around 250 songs, he is one of the most widely set poets in Saarland

Awards

In 1986 the city of Dillingen / Saar published a selection from his complete lyric works in honor of Korn. Korn was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class, for his cultural merits.

Works

  • Colorful autumn leaves, Dillingen / Saar around 1960.
  • Last greetings to my homeland, Dillingen / Saar 1959.
  • Vazehlches van Dahämm, Ernstes u. Cheery in Dillinger dialect, Saarbrücken 1958.
  • Tides of Life, Dillingen / Saar 1954.
  • Einkehr der Herz, Gedichte, Dillingen / Saar 1950.
  • Creative people, Saarland works and peasant poems, Dillingen / Saar 1950.
  • Slogan Germany! Confession d. Saar to the Reich, Saarbrücken 1934.
  • Yet! New songs and chants, Saarbrücken 1933.
  • The homecoming, New Poems and Songs, Saarbrücken 1931.
  • Sounds out! Poems, Saarbrücken 1923.
  • With heart and hand for the fatherland, war poems from great times, Saarbrücken 1914.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aloys Lehnert: History of the City of Dillingen, Dillingen / Saar 1971, pp. 289–290
  2. ^ Saarland biographies - Albert Korn. Retrieved July 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ GND 111717493
  4. ↑ DNB 880500069
  5. ^ Aloys Lehnert: History of the City of Dillingen, Dillingen / Saar 1971, p. 290
personal data
SURNAME Korn, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lyric poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillingen / Saar
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1965
Place of death Dillingen / Saar