Gustav Kelber

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Gustav Kelber (pseudonym: Ernst Mattern; born October 24, 1881 in Munich ; † December 4, 1961 in Bogen ) was a Bavarian writer and lawyer.

Kelber studied law in Munich and Erlangen, but made early contact with artists, for example with a Protestant artist group. In 1930 he became chief magistrate in Mitterfels . He was forcibly retired in 1942. After the end of the Second World War he was reinstated. The central theme of his works is the Bavarian Forest .

Works

  • In the church
  • And Homer's sun
  • Pan
  • Venus of Botticelli
  • On the Hirschenstein
  • Forest pond
  • World war
  • Reconstruction, 1924
  • Volker's member
  • spring
  • After high mass
  • Everything is Turning (1946)

literature

  • Ina-Ulrike Paul: Kelber, Gustav. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 409 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • R. Sigl: The unknown poet of the Bavarian forest . In: Straubinger Tagblatt . ZDB -ID 1258342-x , 5th, 6th, 9th, 15th July 1971.
personal data
SURNAME Kelber, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mattern, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1961
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