Hermann Wolfgang Zahn
Hermann Wolfgang Zahn (born January 24, 1879 in Dürkheim ; † May 6, 1965 in Baden-Baden ) was a German neurologist and writer .
Life
The son of the district court director August Zahn (1850-1925) grew up with his grandparents in Edenkoben and Lahr as a result of the early death of his mother, who died in childbirth , attended high school in Landau in the Palatinate and began as a one-year volunteer after military service studied medicine in Munich , where he became a member of the Corps Franconia in 1901 . After stops in Erlangen , Leipzig and Würzburg , he made his PhD in 1905. med. in Munich and was from 1907 assistant to Emil Kraepelin . As early as 1903 he had published a first book of poetry, was in 1905 one of the founders of the magazine flotsam and counted Paul Scheerbart and AR Meyer to his friends; the latter helped him to get some publications as a publisher. He dealt with hypnosis and was a doctor in Berlin's Grunewald sanatorium before he was called up as senior doctor in 1914. From 1915 he headed a nerve hospital in Erlangen and from 1919 to 1950 had a private sanatorium for nervous disorders in Baden-Baden. He associated with Alfred Kubin , Otto Flake , Kurt Aram , Oscar AH Schmitz and other artists and writers.
Works
- Novels
- Lydia , 1909
- The Waldmüllerhaus , 1930
- I'm looking for Morna , 1931
- The treasure digger , 1964
- Collections
- Loose songs , 1903
- Figures behind me , 1907
- Zwischenreich , 1947
- The magic lamp , 1948
- Encounter with the other , 1954
- Euphrasius Knickerbeins Nebelhorn , 1959
- The witch of Varvinay. Stories from over here and over , edited and with an afterword by Robert N. Bloch, EDFC 2000. ISBN 978-3-932621-33-8
- Radio plays
- The Trake case , private print, Baden-Baden 1964
- Others
- On miliary tuberculosis and its starting points (dissertation), 1906
- The Occult Question , 1922
- What are you really missing. Conversations with the sick , 1934
- Fool's stage world. Memoirs of a Psychiatrist , 1979
- Between hypnosis and art. Memories , edited by Robert N. Bloch, Lindenstruth 2000, ISBN 3-934273-24-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1930, 108 , 663.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Wolfgang Zahn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Hermann Wolfgang Zahn at Open Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zahn, Hermann Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zahn, HW |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German neurologist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dürkheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1965 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |