Kurt Erich Meurer
Kurt Erich Meurer (born February 24, 1891 in Meiningen ; † November 21, 1962 in Berlin ) was a German poet and translator .
Life
The representative of reflective and religious poetry counted Rainer Maria Rilke and Stefan George among his models. But also motifs of the Werra town of Meiningen, in which he experienced a happy childhood and became familiar with the fairy tales of Ludwig Bechstein , were included in his poetry. When Meurer was ten years old, the family moved to Berlin. There he was encouraged to produce his own literary works. In 1912 his first volume of poetry "Das Labyrinth" was published. After studying literature and philosophy, he was appointed editor of the “Neue Theaterzeitschrift” in 1913.
During the First World War Meurer met the painter Karl Gatermann the Elder. Ä. During the scant leisure time left by military service, both created the small work of art "Flemish kaleidoscope". The long-term consequences of a burial in the First World War led Meurer to withdraw from the public in the 1920s. However, through intensive correspondence - including with Paul Zech , whose estate administrator he later became - the poet remained connected to the outside world. After the Second World War, Meurer worked as an essayist, translator and editor at the Heidelberger Meister-Verlag.
Meurer translated from English, French and Italian. His post-poetry included works by Edgar Allan Poe , Charles De Coster , Dante and Petrarca and Robert Frost . He published lyrical anthologies, wrote several books of his own as well as a novel, published numerous articles in newspapers and magazines and worked for radio stations.
The well-known literary critic Karl Krolow judged him: "Kurt Erich Meurer has long been known to lovers of the poem as a poet by grace and a particularly talented translator." Kurt Erich Meurer's estate is located in the Meiningen Literature Museum in the Baumbachhaus, in the DLA , Marbach and at the Akademie der Künste (Berlin) .
Works
- Das Labyrinth, (anthology with Edschmid, Johannes von Guenther, Albrecht Schaeffer and Albert H. Rausch )
- The silver octave, poems 1938
- Image and Sound, New Poems 1940
- Greetings of the Hour, Poems 1946
- Adventure of the soul, poems 1947
- Easter wedding, poems 1954
- Cello Concerto, Poems 1955
- Dream mirror. Poems, ballads, legends 1957
- The New Life, (Dante Alighieri) rewrite 1946
- The Golden Age, North American Poetry, Adaptations 1948
- Sonnets, (Francesco Petrarca) adaptations 1949
- German Minnesang, (1150–1300) adaptation 1954
- Das Dunkle Du, anthology of religious poetry, edited by KEM and Otto Josef Spachtholz
Web links
- Literature by and about Kurt Erich Meurer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Poetry by Peter and Kurt Erich Meurer
- Kurt Erich Meurer Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meurer, Kurt Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meiningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1962 |
| Place of death | Berlin |