Ludwig Gorm
Ludwig Gorm (born August 30, 1884 in Vienna ; † 1965 ) was an Austrian writer of Jewish origin.
Life
Ludwig Gorm initially studied chemistry for one year in Heidelberg, and at the University of Vienna he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. He emerged as a novelist and devoted himself, among other things, to historical topics. His novel about Popess Johanna was published in 1912, and in 1918 The Children of Geneva about Calvin's fight against the libertines . Other fields of work Gorms were - in some cases award-winning - essays; also reviews of art and literature, for example in the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung and the Münchner Neuesten Nachrichten . He also worked as a literary translator from French. In 1933 he emigrated from Munich to Florence and Bologna, and later to Cape Town .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludwig Gorm in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gorm, Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cohen, Ludwig (birth name); Hirneis, Xaver (pseudonym); Pumice skull, Korbinian (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1965 |