Reinhard Sorge
Reinhard Johannes Sorge (born January 29, 1892 in Rixdorf, today Berlin-Neukölln , † July 20, 1916 in Ablaincourt , Somme department ) was a German writer .
Life
Reinhard Sorge came from a middle-class background. Due to the early death of his father, he had to leave high school and began a commercial apprenticeship, first in a hardware store, then in a bank. Without a degree, he switched back to high school. He left it prematurely because he wanted to follow his literary streak. Under the influence of works by Henrik Ibsen and Stefan George , he wrote his first own dramas, poems and treatises [ Children of the Earth (epic-dramatic poetry), The old oak (drama), addition to Lessing's fragment Spartacus (treatise)].
In 1909, the mother and her children moved to Jena , where Sorge was able to graduate from high school, but devoted himself even more to literature. He was able to undertake educational trips to Sylt and Berlin . Here he met Susanne Maria Hendewerk, an employee of Eugen Diederichs' publishing house , whom he married in 1913. His writing activities were influenced by other authors and their personal acquaintances, including Richard Dehmel and Friedrich Nietzsche .
After the marriage, Reinhard Sorge moved with his family to Flüelen , Switzerland. He and his wife converted to Catholicism here . As a writer, Sorge was at the height of his work.
Sorge first volunteered as a volunteer in World War I , but was postponed. So he followed the official call in 1915. In 1916 he suffered severe wounds in the Battle of the Somme and died at the Ablaincourt first aid station.
Awards
- 1912 Kleist Prize
Works (selection)
- Antichrist , 1911
- Zarathustra , 1911
- The beggar. A dramatic broadcast , Drama, 1912
- King David , 1916 ( online - Internet Archive )
- Mother of Heaven , (published posthumously 1917)
- Judgment on Zarathustra , (published posthumously 1921)
- Victory of Christ , (published posthumously in 1924)
literature
- Susanne M. Sorge: Reinhard Johannes Sorge. Our way. Kösel & Pustet, Munich 1927; 2nd, corrected edition 1928.
Web links
- Literature by and about Reinhard Sorge in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Reinhard Sorge in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Reinhard Sorge: Short biography (Bibliotheca Augustana)
- Reinhard Johannes Sorge - a German poet in Flüelen (fluelen.ch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Works by Reinhard Sorge at Zeno.org .
- ↑ Gefreiter, Reserve Infantry Regiment 69, 6th Company; Prussian loss list No. 607 from August 15, 1916, p. 14057 / German loss list.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Worry, Reinhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Worry, Reinhard Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rixdorf, today Berlin-Neukölln |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1916 |
| Place of death | Ablaincourt |