Friedrich Keim

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Friedrich Keim ( pseudonyms : Mimbi , Chris Orlando , Clifford Clure ; born July 24, 1884 in Königshofen , Tauber , † September 10, 1972 in Karlsruhe ) was a German writer .

Life

The Evangelical baptized, born King Friedrich Hofener germ attended elementary and junior high school in Baden-Baden . Friedrich Keim then embarked on a maritime career. After working as a seaman, most recently in the helmsman's position , he worked as a pearl fisherman in Northwest Australia from 1904, as a trader in the South Seas from 1906, and as a planter in Java from 1908 . After returning to Germany, he lived as a freelance writer in Ettlingen from 1924 . Keim, who published over 100 reports and narratives from the years of wandering through the South Seas, Australia and Insulinde in the Karlsruher Tagblatt between 1924 and 1935 , emerged in particular as the author of South Sea stories and books for young people , most of which appeared during the National Socialist era .

The craft enthusiast Friedrich Keim was married to Anna Maria, nee Reis. A child came from this relationship. He died in Karlsruhe in September 1972 at the age of 88.

Publications (selection)

  • About gold and pearl grounds in Australia. Veduka-Verlag, Dillingen-Donau, 1925
  • Through the jungles of the Malay Archipelago. Publishing house vorm. GJ Manz, Regensburg, 1926
  • Fata Morgana: fantasies of a bushman and a sailor. Publishing house vorm. GJ Manz, Regensburg, 1926
  • Brother Leichtfuß in Australia. Ensslin & Laiblin, Reutlingen, 1930
  • An adventurer's adventure in Java and Sumatra. Ensslin & Laiblin, Reutlingen, 1931
  • Human sharks. Verlag Moderne Lektüre, Berlin, 1935
  • Under a false flag. A South Seas novel. Verlag Moderne Lektüre, Berlin, 1935
  • The Albatross Refugees: Adventure Novel. Payne, Leipzig, 1936
  • The pearls of the dead sailor. Dietsch, Leipzig, 1940
  • Escaped Australian captors. With a pearl fishing cutter through the South Seas. Steiniger, Berlin, 1941
  • Storm night at Cape Horn. A story of loyalty to friends and camaraderie at sea. Steiniger, Berlin, 1941
  • On the island of the dead. Upward publishing house, Berlin, 1942
  • Kangaroo hunters on the Fitzröy River. Upward publishing house, Berlin, 1942

literature

personal data
SURNAME Keim, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mimbi (pseudonym); Chris Orlando (pseudonym); Clifford Clure (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigshofen , Tauber
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1972
Place of death Karlsruhe