Paul Boldt

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Paul Boldt (* 31 December 1885 in Christfelde , West Prussia ; † 16th March 1921 in Freiburg ) was a German poet of expressionism , whose creative period coincided with the First World War.

Life

The son of a West Prussian landowner studied in Munich, Marburg and Berlin Philology . Fascinated by the city of Berlin, he broke off his studies and published poems in the literary and political magazine " Die Aktion " from 1912, initially with rapidly growing success . From then on he led - more observer than socially - an unsteady life, also moved close to the 'abysses' of Berlin, but reluctantly in artistic circles (to the detriment of his post-fame). In 1914 he published his only volume of poetry - “ Young horses! Young horses! “- which received a lot of attention. From then on he published sparingly.

When the First World War began , he was drafted into the artillery, but was released from the Prussian army in 1916 (without having been deployed at the front) because of “confusion” (but such diagnoses should only be interpreted with caution).

Boldt's last (identified) poem was published in 1918. He started studying medicine. But he died at the age of 35 in 1921 in Freiburg im Breisgau after an inguinal hernia operation of an embolism .

Unlike many of his Expressionist companions, Boldt was already forgotten in the 1920s, and Werner Riegel only rediscovered him in the early 1950s. In 2018 a selection of his poems was published under the title Herbstpark in the poetry classics series: 50 timeless poems by Martin Werhand Verlag .

Works

  • Young horses! Young horses! , Leipzig, Kurt Wolff 1914 (as volume 11 of the series Derjungste Tag )
  • Young horses! Young horses! The complete works ; Poetry, prose, documents. Ed. U. with e. Nachw. By Wolfgang Minaty. With e. Foreword by Peter Härtling, Olten, Freiburg im Breisgau, Walter 1979.
  • Young horses! Young horses! , Edition Razamba / BOD Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-4153-8 .
  • On the terrace of Café Josty. Poems and prose 1912-1918 , ed. And with an afterword by Marc Pendzich. Verlag Razamba, Boppard and Frankfurt a. M. 2009, ISBN 978-3-941725-00-3 .
  • Bo Osdrowski / Tom Riebe (eds.): Paul Boldt . Versensporn - Booklet for lyrical charms No. 9, edition POESIE SCHMECKT GUT, Jena 2012, 100 copies.
  • Herbstpark: 50 timeless poems , Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-009-2 .

literature

  • Werner Riegel : Paul Boldt or the unreliability of fame . In: Between the Wars , issue 12, January 1954
  • Wolfgang Minaty: Paul Boldt and the "Young Horses" of Expressionism. Eroticism, social criticism and the oath of disclosure . Akademischer Verlag Heinz, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-88099-22-0 (= Stuttgart works on German studies 23)

Work settings

  • Marc Pendzich: In der Welt - Music about poems by Paul Boldt for a voice and chamber orchestra , 1999.

Web links

Wikisource: Paul Boldt  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Classic poetry series: 50 timeless poems . Martin Werhand Verlag , 2018
  2. ↑ Paul Boldt , Herbstpark: 50 Timeless Poems in WorldCat 2018
personal data
SURNAME Boldt, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lyric poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Christfelde , West Prussia
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1921
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau