Karlernst Knatz

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Karlernst Knatz , pseudonyms Werle; Peter Squenz, (born June 15, 1882 in Bromberg , German Reich ; died January 19, 1951 in Bad Kreuznach ) was a German writer .

Life

Little biographical information is available about Karlernst Knatz. In 1908/09, Knatz published several books for “Buchverlag fürs Deutsche Haus”, including two volumes of German Humors. He wrote the forewords to new editions of The Sorrows of Young Werther and The Elixirs of the Devil . In 1909 he put together a volume of love poems by Goethe.

In the Weimar Republic he wrote for the Weltbühne under the pseudonym Peter Squenz, he was briefly editor-in-chief of the illustrated magazine Die Woche at the end of 1920 , from 1921 to 1923 editor at Kladderadatsch and at times editor of the Berlin daily newspaper . From the first broadcast in 1924 to 1928, he was in charge of the radio show “Hour with Books” at the radio station in Berlin . Knatz wrote film reviews, for example in 1933 in Hans Hinkel's short-lived magazine Deutsche Kultur-Wacht of the National Socialist League for German Culture .

Fonts (selection)

  • Wolfgang von Goethe : The sufferings of young Werther . Preface by Karlernst Knatz. Leipzig: Book publisher for the German House, 1908
  • (Ed.): From Goethe's sunny days: a selection from Goethe's love poetry . Anthology. Berlin: Concordia, 1909
  • Empress Auguste Viktoria or: Frau Ebert. A symbolic sketch . Berlin: Owls Publishing House, 1919
  • The hen party at the Soeter home . Detective novel. Stuttgart: J. Engelhorn, 1924
  • with Rudolf Presber : The Cobra . Operetta.
  • with R. Wilde: Mannequin . Operetta.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karlernst Knatz: Deutscher Film , in: Deutsche Kultur-Wacht, 10 (1933), p. 10
personal data
SURNAME Knatz, Karlernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werle; Peter Sequence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Bromberg
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1951
Place of death Bad Kreuznach