Carl Maria Weber
Carl Maria Weber ( pseudonym : Olaf ; born September 6, 1890 in Düsseldorf , † August 15, 1953 in Prien am Chiemsee ) was a German educator and writer .
Life
Carl Maria Weber was the son of a teacher. He grew up in Düsseldorf. During his studies at the University of Bonn from 1912 to 1914, he made contacts with Thomas Mann and Kurt Hiller . During the First World War Weber developed into a pacifist . In 1919 he was a member of the Wandervogel movement . In 1920 he was appointed by Wilhelm Vershofen to the group of " Workers on House Nyland " in Sonneberg / Thuringia ; there he was in charge of lecturing. He published his texts in numerous expressionist magazines. From 1921 to 1926 he was a teacher for German and history at the " Free School Community of Wickersdorf ". After he had made up his teacher exams in 1927, he worked as a teacher at various private schools in the province. In 1932 he retired from literary life after one of his stories was mutilated by the censors because of its anti-militarist tendencies .
From 1937 Weber worked as a teacher at the Marquartstein Landerziehungsheim . His unchanged pacifist attitude and his homosexuality made his work there increasingly difficult. After the nationalization of the home in 1942, Weber saw no other way out than to join the NSDAP , especially in order to avoid the threat of being called up for military service . This party membership was his undoing after 1945: He was dismissed by the American occupiers; the attempt to be politically rehabilitated failed, so that Weber fell into deep poverty and finally died of a starvation-related heart attack .
Carl Maria Weber was the author of poems and essays . His early poems often deal with typically Expressionist themes such as the love of mankind and the call to action; his later work was strongly influenced by the youth movement and characterized by a vague sympathy for socialism .
Works
- The wreathed Silenus , Hanover 1919 (under the name Olaf)
- Awakening and Determination , Leipzig 1919
- The ecstatic river , Düsseldorf 1921
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Maria Weber in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weber, Carl Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Olaf (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th August 1953 |
| Place of death | Prien am Chiemsee |