Max Matheis
Max Matheis (born June 28, 1894 in Triftern ; † August 3, 1984 in Passau ) was a native German writer .
Life
The son of a teacher grew up in Passau and attended the teachers' seminar in Straubing . He took part in the First World War and was then an assistant teacher in Holzkirchen, which today belongs to the municipality of Ortenburg . From 1924 to 1935 he worked as a teacher in Nottau, a district of Obernzell , then in Passau. In 1967 the city of Passau granted him honorary citizenship. His grave is in the Innstadt cemetery in Passau.
writer
In 1939 he published his first dialect poems under the title Bauernbrot . Novels and short stories followed. The focus of his works is the life of simple people from the Bavarian Forest . In 1971 he received the culture award of the Bavarian Forest Association .
controversy
Max Matheis was a supporter of the National Socialists. On May 1, 1933 he joined the NSDAP and in August 1933 the SA. In 1937 he became a troop leader in the SA. In his texts at this time he used defamatory terms for Jews and dissidents. In 1945 Matheis was arrested by the military authorities, interned for 14 months and denazified.
Works
- 1939: farmer's bread . Dialect poems, Munich, Buchner
- 1942: Bavarian farmer's bread . Dialect poems, Munich, Buchner
- 1943: neighbors . Roman, Stuttgart, JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung
- 1949: The Zinken Zacherl . Hamburg, Erich Matthes
- 1950: The falcon . Roman, Gütersloh, C. Bertelsmann
- 1954: He was given a wreath . Stuttgart, Loewes Verlag
- 1956: Sankt Englmar and the farmhand . Legend, Passau, Buchdruckerei AG Passavia
- 1959: The stronger commandment and other narratives . Passau, Neue-Presse-Verl.-Ges.
- 1965: The evening is closed . Story, Passau, Institute for East Bavarian Local History Research
- 1968: special people . Story, Grafenau, Morsak-Verlag
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Matheis in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Passauer Neue Presse on September 5, 2014: "So God called us with Hitler's voice"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matheis, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drifts |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd August 1984 |
| Place of death | Passau |