Paul Binswanger
Paul Binswanger (born December 25, 1896 in Frankfurt am Main ; † April 21, 1961 ) was a German literary scholar and essayist .
Life
Binswanger came from a Jewish merchant family. He was awarded a Dr. phil is doing his doctorate . The planned habilitation no longer came about because Binswanger had to emigrate to Italy in 1933 , where he stayed until 1939. Further stations in life were: 1939–1948 New Zealand, 1948–1958 England and 1958–1961 Florence.
In 1931 he married Ottilie Lilienthal , the daughter of Gustav Lilienthal and niece of the aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal . She accompanied him on all stages of exile.
Walter Benjamin wrote about Binswanger's work, Flaubert's Aesthetic Problems , that it represented “a single wide-ranging misery”.
Binswanger was friends with Karl Wolfskehl and was in correspondence with Erich Auerbach , Ludwig Klages and Dolf Sternberger .
Works (selection)
- German classical music and the idea of the state . Wegweiser-Verlag, Berlin 1933
- Flaubert's Aesthetic Problem . Inquiry into the problem of language and style in literature. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1934
- Wilhelm von Humboldt . Huber, Frauenfeld 1937
literature
- Binswanger, Paul. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 2: Bend Bins. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-598-22682-9 , pp. 473-474.
- Otti Binswanger-Lilienthal: The Albatross. A journey through time . Metropol Verlag, 2011, ISBN 3-86331-039-X . Binswanger's life is detailed in the memoirs of his wife .
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Binswanger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Gretel Adorno / Walter Benjamin: Correspondence 1930-1940. Frankfurt a. M. 2019. p. 146.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Binswanger, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar and essayist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1961 |