August Straub (writer)
August Matthäus Straub (born January 22, 1900 in Meschede , † January 11, 1986 in Kassel - Harleshausen ) was a German journalist and writer.
Life
Straub graduated from high school in Kassel and then studied in Heidelberg, Karlsruhe and Gießen. He was a soldier in the First World War . He then worked as an editor in various places, including Karlsruhe. In 1933 he was banned from working. From 1928 to 1945 he was editor-in-chief of the weekly Das Literaturblatt . In addition, from 1953 he was a lecturer for German literature in Gießen. From 1954 he worked as a freelance writer.
Awards
- Poetry Prize of the Austrian Association of Authors
- 1964: Narrator award for master narration about the artist of the Western Last Supper in the Soest Wiesenkirche
- 1976: Goethe badge
Works
- Westerwald haunted stories . C. Wilken, Rengsdorf 1925.
- The seven songs of spring, love and death . 1926.
- Saw the moon's silver sickle. Poems . Romanticism, Berlin 1926.
- The contemporary literature in the Nassauer Land . Klaesberger, Westerburg 1929.
- Autumn mood. Poems . 1929.
- From the Romanian war diary . 6th edition. Diesterweg, Frankfurt 1940.
- as editor
- The Marian Spring. Loud morning songs . 2nd Edition. A. Klein, Leipzig 1929.
- Max Dauthendey: Far Eastern Stories . 1929.
- The booklet love me . 3. Edition. Verlag der Regenbogen, Wetzlar 1931.
- also as editor: Das Literaturblatt. Critical weekly paper 1931-1945 .
- Emmy Kraetke-Rumpf: Legends about St. Elisabeth . 1931.
- Erika Bundschuh: White birds over a blue sea. Sketches . 1931.
- Hans Carossa: From the Romanian diary . 1931.
- Heinrich Leis: The Judgment Day. Novellas . 1931.
- Selma Lagerlöf: Adolescent years on Marbacka . 1931.
- Sketches and legends . 1931, 1933.
- The young song. Songs . 1932.
- Friedrich Schnack: In the wonder realm of the butterfly . 1932.
- Hans Gäfgen: Organ of the meadows. Poems and sketches . 1932.
- Mother of God legends . 1932.
- The beautiful old Königstein im Taunus . 1933.
- Marian legends of German landscapes . 2 volumes. Vienna 1933/34.
- with W. Kevels: The evening blessing. Evening prayers and evening songs . Wollermann, Braunschweig 1934.
- The rainbow . Series, 5 episodes. Verlag der Regenbogen, Wetzlar 1935.
- Wilhelm Wilhelmi: From my days on earth . 1936.
- Comrade humor. Cheerful country on the Rhine and Main . 1939-1945.
- Alfred Brehm: The life of the cuckoo . 1941, 1944.
- Goethe anecdotes . Münchner Buchverlag, Munich 1941, DNB 985479817 and 1950, DNB 454924577 .
- Papa Wrangel. Anecdotes . 1941, 1944.
- Silhouettes from the time of Goethe . Münchner Buchverlag, Munich 1941, 1950, DNB 454924593 .
- From the wild hunter. German folk tales . 1941, 1944.
- Of golden keys and flowering cups. German flower sagas . Münchener Buchverl., Munich 1941, 1950, DNB 364675365 .
- Rhine and Main in beautiful pictures . 1944.
- The wind told me a song. German song stories . 1945, 1951.
- Small encyclopedia for Goethe friends . Siegel, Frankfurt am Main 1946, DNB 454924585 .
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Register sheets . Siegel, Frankfurt am Main 1947.
- The cheerful Goethe. Goethe's humor . Münchner Buchverlag, Munich [1950].
- The wind told me a song. Stories from the German song . Münchner Buchverlag, Munich [1950], DNB 454924615 .
- Beautiful Hessenland. Calendar . 1956-1966.
- Travel Almanac. Essay . 1957.
- And are eternal sound. Stories about folk songs . Baumann, Bayreuth [1957], DNB 454924607 .
- Iceland fisherman. Narration . 1959, 1963.
- Fairytale sites of the Brothers Grimm . 1963.
- Crown of life. Essay . 1965.
- Art treasures in Hessen. Essay . 1966.
- North Hesse. Travel pictures . Volume 1 1969; Volume 2. 1970.
- Thanks to Hannes Tuch. Essay . 1971.
- Castles and palaces in Hessenland . Bernecker, Melsungen 1975, DNB 760069093 .
- I hear the mill wheel go Stories about German folk songs. Thiele and Schwarz, Kassel 1984, DNB 850051932
literature
- Hans Römhild: August Straub. From the way and literary work . 1970.
- Hannes Tuch : August M. Straub. Work and life . 1970.
- Jürgen Weishaupt (Ed.): August Straub. 80 years . Bernecker, Melsungen 1980, DNB 840112742 .
Web links
- Literature by and about August Straub in the catalog of the German National Library
- August Straub in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
Individual evidence
- ^ August Straub in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- ↑ Hessian Heritage Association , issue 1/1970, accessed on May 12, 2018th
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Straub, August |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Straub, August Matthäus (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1900 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Meschede |
DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1986 |
Place of death | Kassel - Harleshausen |