Otto Brues
Otto Brües (born May 1, 1897 in Krefeld , † April 18, 1967 in Krefeld) was a German writer.
Life
Otto Brües took part in the First World War as a soldier from 1916 . He then studied German and art history at the universities in Cologne and Bonn . He broke off this course in 1922 and subsequently worked as an editor for the features section of the Kölnische Zeitung , and since 1934 as head of the feature section. He also wrote for the Düsseldorfer Zeitung and, during National Socialism, for the National Socialist cultural magazine Rheinische Blätter . In October 1933 he was one of 88 German writers who signed the pledge of loyal allegiance to Adolf Hitler . From 1937, Brües was a member of the NSDAP and an officer in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War .
After the end of the war he initially lived in the Upper Bavarian town of Au . In 1950 he moved to Düsseldorf, and from 1955 he lived again in his hometown of Krefeld. From 1953 to 1963 he was a lecturer for theater criticism at the University of Cologne, and he also wrote for the cultural section of the Düsseldorf newspaper Der Mittag . From 1955 he was a freelance writer.
Several of his works were placed on the list of literature to be segregated in the Soviet zone of occupation and in the German Democratic Republic .
The city of Krefeld set up a “Niederrheinisches Literaturhaus” in the last home of the author, who had been compromised by the Nazis. The writer's daughter, the art historian Eva Brües , had bequeathed her parents' house to the city on condition that they set up a corresponding cultural institution there.
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Otto Brües' work includes novels, short stories, theater reviews, essays , dramas and poems. Many of his works are closely related to his home in the Rhineland and deal with religious and historical topics.
Awards and honors
- 1942: Rhenish Literature Prize
- 1967: Honorary citizen of Krefeld
- In 1994 the Otto-Brües-Freundeskreis was founded in Krefeld , a literary society which a.o. a. dedicated to the care of Otto Brües' estate.
estate
The estate is in the Krefeld City Archives and in the Lower Rhine literature house Otto-Brües-Haus in Krefeld.
Works
- German youth and the liberal and national idea , Berlin 1919
- Foundations of Liberalism , Berlin 1920
- Student, Liberalism and University Reform , Berlin 1920
- Walter Flex and his poetry in our time , Berlin 1920
- Hans Franck: Godiva , Themar i. Door. 1921
- New German Youth , Berlin 1921
- Walter Hasenclever , Cologne 1922 (together with Paul Joseph Cremers )
- The Foxes of God , Frankfurt a. M. 1923
- Heilandsflur , Frankfurt a. M. 1923
- Saints, heroes, fools and musicians , Berlin 1923
- The Prophet von Lochau , Frankfurt a. M. 1923
- Stab und Stein , Frankfurt a. M. 1923
- The Albrecht Dürer Game , Frankfurt a. M. 1924
- Rhenish sonnets , Frankfurt a. M. 1924
- Two novellas: Klas Pottbäcker. Michael shower weather. , Cologne 1924
- The paint box , Rudolstadt (Thür.) 1925
- Seydlitz in Kalkar , Berlin 1925
- Poems , Berlin 1926
- Jupp Brand , Berlin 1927
- The Jugendburg , Berlin 1930
- The rehearsal and other stories , Berlin 1930
- The consecration of the boys , Berlin 1930
- Matthys and Emilia , Koblenz 1931
- The whale in the Rhine , Leipzig a. a. 1931
- The return , Berlin 1932
- The girl from Utrecht , Berlin 1933
- The trip to the fathers , Berlin 1934
- Before the storm , Berlin 1934
- Old Wrangel , Berlin 1935
- Nansen's hardest hour , Berlin 1935
- Does the blue foot fly? , Berlin 1935
- Licht von Thule , Breslau 1936
- Joy of the heart , Leipzig 1937
- The clever Mr. Vaz , Berlin 1937
- Delicate wise men from colorful journeys , Leipzig 1937
- Marie in the new country , Berlin 1938
- The Rheinbuch , Berlin a. a. 1938
- What the Pütt brought to his youngest , Saarlautern 1938
- The monkeys of the great Friedrich or a story of trade and flag , Berlin 1939
- The juggler tent , Gütersloh 1939
- My Christmas book for you , Berlin 1939
- At the four walls , Cologne 1940
- Vanderloo's daughters , Munich 1940
- Bismarck , Cologne 1941 (together with Richard Euringer and Wilhelm Schäfer )
- The Sonata , Berlin 1941
- Der Spiegel der Helena , Munich 1941
- Men and weapons of the German army , Berlin 1941 (with Josef Arens)
- The golden wings , Munich 1942
- Klas Pottbäcker , Berlin 1942
- Wide field of love , Gütersloh 1942
- We have to pass , Berlin 1942
- Nordic Symphony , Cologne 1943
- Moyland Castle , Stuttgart 1943
- On Popularness , Cologne 1943
- Brown spindles , Leipzig 1944
- The forgotten song , Gütersloh 1947
- Wippsteert , Kempen-Niederrhein 1947
- The well room , Gütersloh 1948
- Mother Annens son , Gütersloh 1948
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Collected dramas , Gütersloh
- 1. Storm and Silence , 1949
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The silver chalice , Kempen-Ndrh.
- 1 (1949)
- 2 (1949)
- Simon im Glück , Gütersloh 1949
- The banquet at the Wapper , Stuttgart 1951
- The Tubuk cave , Gütersloh 1952
- Mozart and the Fräulein von Paradis , Tübingen a. a. 1952
- The umbrella and the painters , Cologne 1952
- The regained face , Witten / Ruhr 1953
- Bully and Bordur , Bochum 1954
- An inventive idea and what became of it , Herne in Westf. 1954
- Rudi vom Endt , Essen-Kray 1955
- 75 years of Raiffeisdruckerei GmbH, Neuwied am Rhein , Neuwied 1956
- Herbert Eulenberg , Düsseldorf 1956
- Johanna in the tents , Hamburg 1956
- The clever Anna , Hamburg 1956
- Louise Dumont , Emsdetten (Westphalia) 1956
- Nansen , Hamburg 1956
- Don Juan and the abbot , Rothenburg ob d. Tauber 1957
- The new Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf 1957 (together with Friedrich Tamms)
- As far as the earth can reach , Dinslaken 1957
- With us in the country , Munich 1958
- Home Secret , Neuss 1959
- The Gold of the Three Kings , Zurich 1959
- The Gottorp embassy , Gütersloh 1960
- The crib carver , Zurich 1960
- Krefeld, City on the Lower Rhine , Duisburg 1961 (together with Rudolf Holtappel)
- Who mends a dam ... , Gütersloh 1961
- Chain and weft , Duisburg 1963
- The golden house , Gütersloh 1965
- Honey cake and Picasso , Duisburg 1966
- The most beautiful crib , Zurich 1966
- Well roared, lion , Emsdetten / Westf. 1967
- Moyland Castle , Duisburg 1967
- And the lark always sang , Duisburg 1967
- Menander stays in Athens , Hamburg 1969
- The Christmas tree game , Gütersloh 1970
- Die Dame , Krefeld 1975
- The fish on the fishing rod , Gütersloh 1975
- Master Andreas , Gütersloh 1975
- The Fathers , Hamburg 1988
- Elena Gaddi , Krefeld 1994
- Thomas Mann , Krefeld 1996
- Between Chiemsee, Wendelstein and Tegernsee , Husum 1997
- You can see the inside in the outside picture , Krefeld 1998
- The judgment of the Santo Uffizio , Krefeld 2001
- The earth lives in eternal creative acts , Düsseldorf 2003
- About painters and painting on the Lower Rhine , Krefeld 2004
Editing
- The Rhine in the past and present , Stuttgart 1925
- Louise Dumont : Lifetime Holiday , Munich 1948
- Louise Dumont: For two in one pot , Düsseldorf 1952
- Werner Schramm : Werner Schramm and Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann , Ratingen b. Düsseldorf 1965
literature
- Eva Brües (Ed.): Between the Rhine and the Maas I was young. The writer Otto Brües (1897-1967). Pictures, books, letters, photos, manuscripts, documents. Book accompanying the exhibition from April 23 to May 30, 1997, Historical Archive of the City of Cologne. Otto Brües Circle of Friends. Düsseldorf 1997. (= publications of the Otto-Brües-Freundeskreis; 4) ISBN 3-9803823-3-8
- Johannes Cladders : Otto Brues. An investigation into the poetry and intellectual history of the Rhineland. Univ. Diss., Bonn 1955.
- Elfriede Horn: Rooted in the Rhineland. Otto Brües 1.5.1897-18.4.1967. In: dies .: Honored - loved - forgotten? Encounters with 38 poets. Verl. Gutenberg, Melsungen 1985. pp. 47-50.
- Franz Janssen: Preserving and progressive awareness of values. The Rhenish columnist and narrator Otto Brües. Univ. Diss., Düsseldorf 1992.
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Brües in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Otto Brües in the German Digital Library
- Otto Brües , biography and estate in the portal rheinische-literaturnachlaesse.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 84.
- ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1946-nslit-b.html
- ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1948-nslit-b.html
- ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1953-nslit-b.html
- ↑ Krefelds neue Welt der Bücher , Westdeutsche Zeitung, August 30, 2011
- ^ Opening: A home for Krefeld literature , article in the Westdeutsche Zeitung from June 15, 2012
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Brues, Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1897 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Krefeld |
DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1967 |
Place of death | Krefeld |