Hanns Otto Munsterer

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Hanns Otto Münsterer (born July 28, 1900 in Duß ( Lorraine ), † October 30, 1974 in Munich ) was a German physician , writer and folklorist .

Life

Hanns Otto Münsterer was the son of a cavalry officer in the Bavarian army . He grew up in Pasing near Munich and Augsburg and was taught by private tutors. From autumn 1917 to 1920 he had a close friendship with the young Bertolt Brecht in Augsburg ; It was during this time that Munster's first lyrical attempts were made.

From 1919 to 1924 Münsterer studied medicine in Munich and Vienna . He specialized in dermatology and made a name for himself through his research in this field. After initially working at the State Vaccination Institute in Munich, he worked from 1938 to 1945 as a senior physician at the Dermatological University Clinic in Munich. In 1942 he completed his habilitation . After 1945 he gave up his post in the hospital and settled in Munich as a dermatologist .

In the period after the Second World War , Münsterer switched to folklore research, which had interested him since his time in Augsburg. He became a specialist in amulets and folk medicine and amassed an important collection of religious folk art . From 1958 he also resumed his literary work; it emerged poems , diaries and a book about his time with Bertolt Brecht.

From Muenster's literary works (in addition to numerous poems, three novels were written in the 1930s ) only a few poems were published during the author's lifetime. While some of his texts were still read on the radio in 1932 and 1934 , the author was excluded from the “ Reichsschrifttumskammer ” in 1937 and was banned from writing . Muenster's poetry consists primarily of modern ballads that were written during his time in Augsburg and are strongly reminiscent of the early Brecht in their mixture of romanticism and anti-bourgeoisie . In later years, Münsterer wrote mostly melancholy thought poetry , which was only published after his death.

Works

  • Five ballads , Augsburg 1925
  • The Passional , Augsburg 1926
  • Gonorrhea Problems of the Present , Stuttgart 1947
  • Bert Brecht , Zurich 1963
  • Many a man , Frankfurt am Main 1980
  • Amulet crosses and cross amulets , Regensburg 1983

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SURNAME Munsterer, Hanns Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician, writer and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Dieuze (Lorraine)
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1974
Place of death Munich