Clemens Graf von Podewils

Clemens Graf von Podewils-Juncker-Bigatto , also Clemens von Podewils or Clemens Podewils (born August 20, 1905 in Bamberg , † August 5, 1978 in Munich ) was a German journalist and writer.

Life

Clemens von Podewils came from the Podewils family , was the officer's son and grandson of the Bavarian Prime Minister Clemens Graf von Podewils-Dürniz and, after graduating from high school in 1923, studied law at the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich . During this time he became a member of the Catholic student union Rheno-Bavaria . In 1927 he became a trainee lawyer in Hamburg and was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD. In 1929 he began his journalistic activity as a cultural reporter for various German newspapers (including Münchner Neue Nachrichten , Germania , Kölnische Volkszeitung ) in England and France. From 1932 to 1934 he worked as a press attaché at the German embassy in Brussels. He then retired as a landowner at Schloss Schweering near Mies in western Bohemia.

From 1939 Podewils was war correspondent in Russia, Italy and France and in 1944 (until 1946) he was taken prisoner by the English. From 1949 to 1975 he was Secretary General of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts . On their behalf, he and Heinz Piontek edited the international yearbook for literary ensemble from 1968/69 . He also appeared with stories (including Der Zriny , 1955) and poetry (including Wegwarte , 1978). His wife was the poet Sophie Dorothee geb. Freiin von Hirschberg , his daughter is the author Barbara von Wulffen .

Works

as an author

• Sons of the homeland . An epic report from our day. S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin 1941
• Savan . Poems. Claassen & Goverts, Hamburg 1948
• Don and Volga . Records from 1942. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1952
• Rebirth . Poems. D. Stempel, Frankfurt 1953
• The Zriny . Narrative. Piper Verlag, Munich 1955
• Funeral speeches for Gottfried Benn . By Oskar Söhngen , Hans Egon Holthusen and Clemens Podewils. Limes Verlag, Wiesbaden 1956
• Chicory . Pfullingen: Neske 1978

as editor

• In the early red . Poems of the Hungarians. Edited by Clemens and Sophie Dorothee Podewils . Texts by Gyula Illyés , Tibor Tollas a. a .; Translations by Ilse Aichinger , Gotthard de Beauclair , Werner Bergengruen , Georg Britting , Günter Eich , Friedrich Georg Jünger , Gertrud von Le Fort , Clemens and Sophie Dorothee Podewils, Albert von Schirnding , Ina Seidel , Otto von Taube a . a. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1957
• The language . Lecture series. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1959
• Word and Reality . Lecture series. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1960
• Trend reversal? On the intellectual situation of the Federal Republic . Klett Verlag, Stuttgart 1975

literature

• Ernst Klee : Clemens Graf Podewils . Entry in ders .: The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5
• Albert von Schirnding:  Clemens Hans Theodor Konstantin Maria Graf von Podewils-Juncker-Bigatto. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , pp. 558 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Clemens Graf von Podewils in the catalog of the German National Library