Carl Werckshagen (dramaturge)
Carl Werckshagen (born April 17, 1903 in Berlin ; † January 2001 in Bad Pyrmont ) was a German dramaturge, writer and translator.
Life
Werckshagen made its debut in Magdeburg in 1926. Continuously engaged as a dramaturge at German companies until 1945. After World War II, he last worked at the Städtische Bühnen in Cologne in 1951/52. Then until his retirement in 1964 he was government director in the Berlin Senate for Science and Art.
Since 1924 Werckshagen had a personal acquaintance and an exchange of letters with Gottfried Benn .
Fonts (selection)
- Sooner and later. Rhyming and inconsistent from a dramaturge's life . Remagen-Rolandseck: Rommerskirchen 1974.
- Quarrel with Schott; Two or three?. Memories of Gottfried Benn . Remagen-Rolandseck: Rommerskirchen 1987.
Letters
- 2 letters to Gottfried Benn in: Gottfried Benn. "Absinthe is sipped with a straw, poetry with a red pencil." Selected letters 1904–1956. Edited and commented by Holger Hof. Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8353-3109-9 . No. 35 and 111.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Art. Werckshagen, Carl Adolf Ferdinand , in: Deutsches Theaterlexikon vol. 6: Weisbrod - Wolansky, Zurich / Munich 2008, p. 3234.
- ↑ See Gottfried Benn. "Absinthe is sipped with a straw, poetry with a red pencil." Selected letters 1904–1956. Edited and commented by Holger Hof. Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8353-3109-9 , p. 368.
literature
- Art. Werckshagen, Carl Adolf Ferdinand , in: Deutsches Theaterlexikon vol. 6: Weisbrod - Wolansky, Zurich / Munich 2008, p. 3234 ( https://books.google.de/books?id=zQx2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3234 )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Werckshagen, Carl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dramaturge and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1903 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | January 2001 |
Place of death | Bad Pyrmont |