Hans Janowitz
Hans Janowitz (born December 2, 1890 in Podiebrad , Austria-Hungary , now the Czech Republic , † May 25, 1954 in New York , NY ) was an Austrian-German-American author.
Life
Janowitz was an officer in the First World War , from which he returned as a pacifist . Shortly after the end of the war he met the like-minded Carl Mayer in Berlin and received the impetus from him to work as an author. Together they wrote the script for Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari , which was filmed in 1919/20 under the direction of Robert Wiene . The film is one of the outstanding works of German film expressionism .
Janowitz then worked for two films by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau . In 1922 he finished his work for the film. Janowitz then worked as a writer and translator. The novels Jazz (1927, new edition by Weidle Verlag, Bonn 1999) and Just like the others and the volumes of poetry Requiem , Asphalt Ballads and Fantasies in New York flowed from his pen . In 1939 he emigrated to the USA. There he became manager of Jan Villon Perfume Co.
Hans Janowitz was the brother of the writer Franz Janowitz (1892-1917).
In 2016 a selection of his poems was reprinted together with a short biography in a German-Czech anthology. A part of the printing costs assumed his birthplace Podebrady / Podebrady . In May 2017 the band was presented in the Maisel Synagogue in Prague.
Filmography
- 1920: Eternal current
- 1920: The cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- 1920: The Janus head
- 1921: Rosvolsky's mistress
- 1921: Circus of Life
- 1921: Marizza, known as the Smuggler Madonna
- 1923: The Burning Secret
literature
- Kay Less : 'In life, more is taken from you than given ...'. Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. P. 261 f., ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8
- Jürgen Serke : Bohemian Villages. Wanderings through a deserted literary landscape . Paul Zsolnay, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-552-03926-0 , pp. 408-411
Web links
- Hans Janowitz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hans Janowitz at filmportal.de
- Literature by and about Hans Janowitz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ "Konstantin Kountouroyanis: German-Jewish authors in Czech translation - book presentation in the Maisel Synagogue in Prague with reading of poems by Camill Hoffmann, Rudolf Fuchs and Franz and Hans Janowitz . In: prag-aktuell.cz , May 30, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Janowitz, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poděbrady , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1954 |
| Place of death | New York , NY |