Hans Meisel (Author)

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Hans Meisel (born July 16, 1900 in Berlin , † March 2, 1991 in Bellevue , Washington , USA ), later James Hans Meisel , was a German-American writer and political scientist .

Life

Hans Meisel studied at the universities in Berlin and Heidelberg ; He completed these studies in 1922 with the promotion of Doctor of Philosophy from. From 1925 to 1933 he was local editor of the Berliner Vossische Zeitung . After the National Socialist seizure of power he had to go into exile in Italy in 1934 ; In 1936 he went to Austria, where he worked as an editor for the S. Fischer publishing house . After Austria was " annexed " to the German Reich in 1938, he fled again to Italy and on to the United States . From 1938 to 1940 he worked as Thomas Mann's secretary in Princeton (New Jersey). He then taught at colleges in Idaho and Pennsylvania . From 1945 Meisel was a lecturer in political science at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor ; In 1956 he was appointed professor. After his retirement in 1971, he lived in Washington State.

Hans Meisel became known in 1927 through his novel Torstenson , in which he describes the development of a general to dictator. In the same year he was awarded the Kleist Prize for this work . Due to the emigration, Meisel did not continue his writing career. After his childhood memories A Gondola made entirely of glass , Aguilar or Die Abkehr , another novel from 1937, appeared from the estate in 2001 .

Works

In German language

  • Torstenson. Berlin 1927; Bonn 2004, ISBN 978-3-931135-78-2 .
  • A gondola made entirely of glass. Mainz 1984.
  • Aguilar or The Departure. Bonn 2001.

In English

  • with James K. Pollock, Henry L. Bretton: Germany under occupation. Ann Arbor, Mich. 1949.
  • The genesis of Georges Sorel. Ann Arbor, Mich. 1951.
  • The myth of the ruling class. Ann Arbor 1958.
  • The fall of the Republic. Ann Arbor 1962.
  • Counter revolution. New York 1966.
  • A matter of endurance. Chicago 1970.

Editing

  • with Edward S. Kozera: Materials for the study of the Soviet system. Ann Arbor, Mich. 1950.
  • Pareto & Mosca. Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1965.

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personal data
SURNAME Meisel, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meisel, James Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American writer and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1991
Place of death Bellevue , Washington , USA