Max Brusto
Max Brusto (real name Motek Brustowiecki ; born October 15, 1906 in Kolno , Russian Empire ; died February 25, 1998 in Paris ) was a German journalist and writer .
Life
Brustowiecki came to Magdeburg in 1915 and spent his school days there. He later moved to Hamburg, where he worked for radio magazines and other newspapers. From 1933 to 1942 he lived in Paris and Nice . He then fled across Lake Geneva to Switzerland , where he was interned in reception and labor camps. After the end of the Second World War he returned to France and worked there as an author.
Works (selection)
- Three French. Novel. Zurich, 1945
- I am a refugee. Novel. Zurich, 1945
- Atelier Jim. Novel. Berlin, 1950
- The last four. Play. Basel, 1954
- The life of François Villon. Radio play. Paris, 1954
- In the Swiss lifeboat: documentation. Starczewski-Verlag, Munich 1967
- A waiter named Aristide. Novel. Darmstadt, 1977
- Visa or death. On the run from the Nazis. Five stories. Wiesbaden, 1982
literature
- Brusto, Max. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 4: Brech-Carle. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-22684-5 , pp. 249-251.
- Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933–1945. Volume 2.1. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 162
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Brusto in the catalog of the German National Library
- Part of Max Brusto's estate in the German Exile Archive of the German National Library
- Archive of the American Guild for German Cultural Freedom, New York in the German Exile Archive of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Max Brusto: In the Swiss lifeboat: Documentation. Starczewski-Verlag, Munich 1967, p. 5.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brusto, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brustowiecki, Motek; Sleeve; Surb, OT |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolno (Podlaskie) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1998 |
| Place of death | Paris |