Hans Brandenburg (writer)

Hans Brandenburg (born October 18, 1885 in Barmen , † May 8, 1968 in Bingen am Rhein ) was a German writer . His work includes novels , poems , literary and biographical works as well as lay sermons . A special field of interest of Brandenburg was the modern expressive dance , which he tried to promote with his writings. He also took an active part in the experiments of Rudolf von Laban and Mary Wigman on Monte Verità and of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze in Hellerau . He also worked as an editor . He earned his living as a lecturer at the Munich Adult Education Center .

Life path

Brandenburg moved to Munich at the age of seventeen and also lived in Eichenau . He was married to the painter Dora Brandenburg-Polster (1884–1958), who illustrated many of his works. In August 1914, the poet joined the army as a war volunteer with the pioneers .

During the Nazi era he was committed to a “national renewal” of the theater and in July 1933 was appointed to the group of poets in the Federal Committee of the Reich Federation of German Open-Air and Popular Drama . Brandenburg was a member of the National Socialist group of Bamberg poets .

His biographical books on well-known poets such as Goethe , Schiller , Hölderlin and Eichendorff , some of which he wrote in Eichenau, were popular at the time.

estate

Brandenburg's estate is in the Monacensia Literature Archive of the Munich City Library .

Works (selection)

• 1908 songs of a boy.
• 1909 fire-drunk. A young poet. Schiller's letters up to his engagement. (Ed.)
• 1909 Chloe or The Lovers. novel
• 1913 Modern dance.
• 1913 Italian elegies.
• 1919 The theater and the new Germany. An appeal.
• 1920 The room of the youth. Novel.
• 1922 Joseph von Eichendorff. His life and his work.
• 1922 The establishment of the Reich.
• 1924 Pankraz the shepherd boy. An idyll for young and old. With drawings by Dora Brandenburg-Polster.
• 1924 Friedrich Hölderlin, His life and work.
• 1924–1925 On the creative life. (Collected Articles) (2 volumes)
• 1925 A holy war. Friedrich Hebbel's letters, diaries and poems
• 1926 The New Theater. Experiences / research / demands.
• 1927 The room of the youth. novel
• 1930 Festive Land. Through Munich to the high mountains.
• 1933 Farm life in Upper Bavaria. Descriptions.
• 1933 round of fate. A story circle of love and marriage.
• 1933 The shipwrecked.
• 1933 three legends.
• 1933 The magic net. The romance novel of the young Eichendorff.
• 1938 Father Öllendahl. A family novel
• 1940 year of the senses, year of the soul. Images of nature and lay sermons
• 1941 About the German art of living. ( Munich reading sheet No. 18)
• 1942 The poor beauty curriculum vitae.
• 1942 In the heart of creation.
• 1947 summit rest . Poems
• 1951 German high mountains. ( The Blue Books )
• 1953 Munich shone. Childhood memories
• 1955 consolation in tears. Poems
• 1965 All about love. Novellas

Awards

• 1930 Literature Prize from the City of Munich
• 1967 Schwabing Art Prize

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans Brandenburg in the catalog of the German National Library