Ernst Kammerer

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Ernst Kammerer (* 1908 in Munich ; † 1941 in Russia ) was a German columnist and author.

Career

During his academic years in Munich, Kammerer belonged to the circle of Professor Artur Kutscher and was involved in stage performances of the Four Messages , at times even as the fourth message ( Goethe is wrong here! ). He also worked for many years as a hobby attorney.

As a columnist, he later wrote in the Süddeutsche Sonntagspost, among others .

Finally, as a book author, he was extremely successful with his two humorous “little encyclopedias” (1939 and 1941), which were published again and again years after his death.

Kammerer was a soldier in World War II . In October 1941 he fell in Russia.

In 1967, Hans Bender counted it among the "feuilleton classics". To this day, texts by him have found their way into anthologies.

bibliography

  • Everyday life to Zwetschgendatschi: a small encyclopedia from A to Z , 1939
  • Amazon to Lemon: A New Little Lexicon , 1941

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Bender [Hrsg]: Klassiker des Feuilletons , Stuttgart 1967. P. 176–178
  2. ↑ Hans Bender [Hrsg]: Klassiker des Feuilletons , Stuttgart 1967. P. 176–178
personal data
SURNAME Kammerer, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German columnist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH 1941
Place of death Russia