Michael Prawdin
Michael Prawdin , pseudonym for Michael Charol (born January 20, 1894 in the Russian Empire , † December 23, 1970 in London ) was an English journalist and historian of Ukrainian origin.
Live and act
His family emigrated to the German Empire during the Russian Revolution . Prawdin studied there and was able to achieve his first successes as a writer. He published small works of fiction, wrote literary essays in newspapers and magazines and only used the German language. He was married to Carol Renée Köhler (* 1907, +1991), daughter of Heinrich Köhler (philatelist) .
He later settled in London and from then on wrote only in English. His novel Tschingis-Chan and his heirs saw many editions and translations and made him famous.
Michael Prawdin died a few weeks before his 76th birthday on December 23, 1970 in London, where he was also laid to rest.
Works (selection)
- Essays
- The factual novel . In: Die Literatur , Vol. 36 (1933/34), pp. 256-259.
- Intellectual dawn . In: Michael Stark (ed.): German intellectuals. 1910-1933 . Schneider Verlag, Heidelberg 1984, ISBN 3-7953-0230-7 , pp. 219-222.
- Russia, Soviet Russia or Europe? . In: From Politics and Contemporary History of February 2, 1955, ISSN 0479-611X
- Novels
- Donna Juana , Queen of Castile. Habsburg inherits a world empire Diederichs, Cologne 1953 (former title: Johanna die Wahnsinnige. Habsburgs way to world empire , 1938)
- A world falls apart. A factual novel . German publishing company, Stuttgart / Berlin 1933.
- Tschingis-khan and his heirs. Supplemented and continued edition up to the present (1937). German publishing house, Stuttgart / Berlin 1938.
- Non-fiction
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The unmentionable Nechaev . A key to bolshevism . Roy Books, New York 1961.
- German: Netschajew - kept secret by Moscow. Athenäum-Verlag, Frankfurt a. M./Bonn 1961.
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The builders of the Mogul Empire . Allen & Unwin, London 1963.
- German: The empire out of nowhere. The first great moguls . DVA, Stuttgart 1965.
- Marie de Rohan, duchesse de Chevreuse . Allen & Unwin, London 1971.
literature
- Erhard Schütz: Factual modernity . In: Sabina Becker u. a. (Ed.): Literary Modernism. Concept and phenomenon . DeGruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019114-1 , pp. 366-382.
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Prawdin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Erhard Schütz: Facts or Transcendence? In 1934 Michael Prawdin and Egon Vietta debated contemporary storytelling.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Prawdin, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Charol, Michael (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian historian and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Russian Empire |
DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1970 |
Place of death | London |