Martin Kessel
Martin Louis Hermann Kessel (pseudonym Hans Brühl , born April 14, 1901 in Plauen ( Vogtland ), † April 14, 1990 in Berlin ) was a German writer .
Life
After graduating from high school, Martin Kessel studied philosophy , literature , theater and art studies at the universities in Berlin , Munich and Frankfurt am Main . After receiving his doctorate in Frankfurt am Main on Thomas Mann , he settled in Berlin in 1923 as a freelance writer .
Kessel, who wrote essays , aphorisms and poems in addition to time-critical narrative prose , which is mostly set in Berlin , remained an outsider in the German literary scene throughout his life . Nevertheless, he had been a member of the PEN Center of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1951, of the German Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt since 1954 and of the Berlin Academy of Arts and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich since 1959 .
Awards
- 1951 German Critics' Prize
- 1954 Georg Büchner Prize
- 1961 Fontane Prize
- 1961 Big Federal Cross of Merit
- 1962 Literature Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- 1962 Guest of Honor at Villa Massimo , Rome.
- 1980 honorary professor .
Contrary to information in reference works, Kessel did not receive the Kleist Prize in 1926 . It went to Alexander Lernet-Holenia and Alfred Neumann . Kessel received an "honorable mention" for his city novels and a collection of poems. The error goes back to the compilation The Kleist Prize Winners 1926. Three biographical documents in the Frankfurter Zeitung of September 23, 1926.
Works
- Becoming human , Leipzig 1921
- Tamed curves , Frankfurt a. M. 1925
- Studies on novel technology Thomas Manns , Frankfurt a. M. 1926
- Hustle and bustle , Frankfurt a. M. 1927
- A woman without charm , Berlin 1929
- Mr. Brecher's fiasco , Stuttgart [among others] 1932
- Welcome to Mergenthal , Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1935
- Romantic hobbies , Braunschweig 1938
- Don Quixote's sister , Braunschweig 1938
- Awakening and reunion , Berlin 1940
- Essays and miniatures , Stuttgart [including] 1947
- Aphorisms , Stuttgart [among others] 1948
- The epochal substance of poetry , Mainz 1950
- Collected poems , Hamburg 1951
- Musical criterion , Mainz 1952
- But in reality ... , Berlin 1955
- Escapades , Darmstadt [among others] 1959
- Gegengabe , Darmstadt [among others] 1960
- Head and Heart , Neuwied a. Rh. [Et al.] 1963
- Lydia Faude , Neuwied [et al.] 1965
- Ironic miniatures , Mainz 1970
- Everything only lives when it lights up , Mainz 1971
- Awe and Laughter , Mainz 1974
- Am Laubenheimer Platz , Friedenauer Presse, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-932109-65-2
literature
- Ingrid Heinrich-Jost: awe and laughter. On the death of Martin Kessel , in: Jahrbuch 1990, pp. 148–149.
- Claudia Stockinger, Stefan Scherer (eds.): Martin Kessel (1901–1990), Bielefeld 2004, with bibliography and secondary literature.
Web links
- Michael Bauer: Martin Kessel: A poet against time. In Der Tagesspiegel . April 13, 2001, accessed March 29, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ z. B. Who is it? Our contemporaries , ed. by Herrmann AL Degener , 10th edition, Berlin 1935, p. 803
- ↑ Thomas Betz: high voltage and rotary worm. On Martin Kessel's lyrics from the 1920s. In: Claudia Stockinger, Stefan Scherer (eds.): Martin Kessel (1901-1990), Bielefeld 2004, p. 167.
- ↑ Stefan Scherer, Claudia Stockinger: Martin Kessel - an introduction. In: Claudia Stockinger, Stefan Scherer (eds.): Martin Kessel (1901-1990), Bielefeld 2004, p. 14 and note 30
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Kessel in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kessel, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hans Bruehl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plauen (Vogtland) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1990 |
| Place of death | Berlin |