Christoph Flaskamp

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Christoph Flaskamp (born May 2, 1880 in Warendorf , † October 5, 1950 in Munich ) was a German poet , journalist and non-fiction author.

Life

Christoph Flaskamp was born in Warendorf in 1880, where he also attended high school. He then studied philology , history , German literature, art and philosophy at the University of Münster . Foreign trips then took Flaskamp to Holland and Italy. Then he settled in Münster for some time . From 1907 he worked there as a private scholar, translator and editor. He later also worked as the editor of the bi-monthly publication for politics, science, literature and art in Munich, where he died in October 1950 at the age of 70.

Flaskamp's journalistic activity began in 1904. He published a total of six volumes of poetry, as well as analytical literature and essays.

Fonts (selection)

  • ... full of pious joy . Poems. Alphonsus bookstore, Münster 1904.
  • Parcival. New poems . Poems. Alphonsus bookstore, Münster 1904.
  • The old violin. A composition . Poems. Coppenrath, Münster 1906.
  • The summer book. New poems . Coppenrath, Münster 1909.
  • Martin Greif . A foundation for understanding his works . Non-fiction. Alber, Ravensburg 1911.
  • Of the freedom of God's children. Secular and spiritual poems . Schnell, Warendorf and Vier Quellen-Verlag, Leipzig 1916.
  • German romanticism. A lecture from 1912 . Non-fiction. Schnell, Warendorf and Vier Quellen-Verlag, Leipzig 1916.
  • World war and world religion . Non-fiction. Vier-Quellen-Verlag, Warendorf / Leipzig 1917.
  • From the Sabbath and from Sunday . Non-fiction. Junfermann, Paderborn 1920.
  • The long way - a selection from the years 1900–1920 , poems. Schöningh, Paderborn 1933.
  • Sigrid Undset . Attempt to interpret their work . Essays. Bercker, Kevelaer 1934.

literature

  • Christoph Flaskamp. In: Renate von Heydebrand: Literature in the Province of Westphalia 1815-1945: a literary historical model draft. Verlag Regensberg, 1983, p. 132.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Flaskamp. In: Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . The 20th Century - Volume 9. Fischer-Abendroth - Frieze. , Walter de Gruyter, 2006, p. 51.
personal data
SURNAME Flaskamp, ​​Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Warendorf , Germany
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 1950
Place of death Munich , Germany