Friedrich Franz von Unruh

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Friedrich Franz von Unruh (born April 16, 1893 in Berlin ; † May 16, 1986 in Merzhausen ) was a German writer. He was the brother of the writer Fritz von Unruh and the painter Kurt von Unruh .

Life

Friedrich Franz von Unruh is one of the most important novelists in German-language literature of the 20th century. Born in Berlin in 1893, grew up in Königsberg in East Prussia , influenced by his training at the cadet institute in Berlin-Lichterfelde , he began military training after graduating from high school, became an officer and - most recently as a royal Prussian captain - company commander in the 1st body of Baden. Grenadier Regiment No. 109 in Karlsruhe. In the First World War was seriously wounded by Unruh, was active in the Weimar Republic as a journalist, including a variety of articles for the Frankfurter Zeitung and the Neue Rundschau , and as a writer.

In 1931 he became known to a broader public through his series of articles National-Sozialismus , an extremely critical analysis of the National Socialist movement , in the Frankfurter Zeitung, which was widely acclaimed - also abroad . In the Nazi state , however, von Unruh was approaching National Socialism; in the Federal Republic, however, the poet turned decisively into the right-wing conservative camp and moved closer to positions of the right-wing extremist milieu v. a. since the sixties - a development that found its ideological expression in numerous writings. In 1986 the 93-year-old poet, valued as a novelist, died in Merzhausen near Freiburg im Breisgau, where he had lived for around fifty years.

Honors

In 1973 Unruh awarded the Humboldt plaque as a gift of honor . In 1975 he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Works

  • Spruce. A collection of texts , 1935
  • Death and Erika Ziska , 1937
  • The inner order , Essen 1938
  • The traitor. Essen publishing house in 1941
  • Bruderdorf , war story , Essen 1942
  • Vineta , story, Düsseldorf 1948
  • Tresckow , 1952
  • The Risk, Two Novellas , Rothenburg 1955
  • The apple orchard , 1957
  • After many years , Bodmann / Bodensee 1960
  • But where there is danger , Bodmann / Bodensee 1965
  • Before the hour struck. A youth in the empire , 1967
  • The visit , Bodmann / Bodensee 1971
  • Lawsuit against Germany 1973
  • Final report , Ludwigsburg 1974
  • The retired devil Bodmann / Bodensee 1977
  • Encouragement. An appeal to the Germans. Bodmann / Bodensee 1981
  • Turn of the millennium , Bodmann / Bodensee 1983
  • Kind regards , Bodmann / Bodensee 1984
  • Tremors. Three stories. Bodmann / Lake Constance 1983
  • Critical work edition. Six volumes in seven sub-volumes. Edited by Leander Hotaki on behalf of the Friedrich Franz von Unruh Memorial Foundation. Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Wien: Rombach 2007. ISBN 978-3-7930-9495-1 . ( Edition plan )

literature

  • Hartmut Fröschle: Unruh, Friedrich Franz von . In: Walther Killy : Literaturlexikon , Vol. 11, pp. 490-491.
  • Leander Hotaki:  Unruh, Friedrich Franz von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-428-11207-5 , p. 649 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Leander Hotaki / Günter Schnitzler: Increased existence and the love of the "unconditional". The poet Friedrich Franz von Unruh . In: Friedrich Franz von Unruh. Critical work edition . Bd. I (Master novels and short stories), Freiburg i. Br./Berlin/Wien 2007, pp. XIII – LXI (with bibliography and references).
  • Hermann Pongs: Is the Novella Dead? Investigations into the novella art of Friedrich Franz von Unruhs. Stuttgart undated (1961)
  • Sarah Reuss: Friedrich Franz von Unruh (1893–1986). A biographical sketch . In: Friedrich Franz von Unruh. Critical work edition . Vol. V (ideological writings), part 1, Freiburg i. Br./Berlin/Wien 2007, pp. IX – CXCV.

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personal data
SURNAME Unruh, Friedrich Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1986
Place of death Merzhausen