Richard Sexau
Richard Sexau (born January 11, 1882 in Karlsruhe , † August 23, 1962 in Munich ) was a German writer, diplomat and historian .
Richard Sexau graduated from high school in his place of birth and devoted himself to studying philosophy , economics , literature , music and art history at the universities of Munich, Bern, Berlin and Heidelberg . He received his doctorate in philosophy in 1905. In 1904 he married Margarethe Freiin von Krafft-Ebing (* June 18, 1882, † February 17, 1921), daughter of the well-known Viennese psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing . In his second marriage he was married to Maria-Josefa Freiin von Redwitz (* June 16, 1893, † September 4, 1986). He made extensive trips through Europe and North Africa. During the First World War , Sexau did military service as an orderly officer on the Western Front . In the early summer of 1918 he was appointed as a delegate to the German embassy in Haag , where he worked for two years.
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From 1920 on, Richard Sexau devoted himself entirely to his writing activities at the Schloss Ascholding estate in Ascholding near Dietramszell in Upper Bavaria, which he acquired in 1914 . He is the author of several novels and essays . Sexau was u. a. awarded the Kronprinz Rupprecht Medal and the Bavarian Order of Merit on June 23, 1962 .
Works (excerpt)
Book editions
- Death in the German Drama of the 17th and 18th Centuries - A Contribution to the History of Literature; Bern, Francke, 1906, ISBN 380670502X / ISBN 3-8067-0502-X
- The old way ; War novella, Munich, Georg Müller, 1916
- Brigitta ; Munich, Parcus & Co., 1918
- Rebirth ; Berlin, Schlieffen, 1928, edition 1956
- The better me ; Three novels of love, 1931
- The avenger ; Dramatic poetry in three acts, Munich, “Die Wende”, 1931
- Brigitta - A Legacy; Two novels, Hamburg, Hoffmann & Campe, 1933
- Venus and Mary ; Berlin, Vier Falken Verlag, 1932, edition 1933, edition 1942
- March shoots ; Munich, Kaiser Verlag, 1941
- Emperor or chancellor ; Palladium Verlag, 1960
- Prince and doctor Dr. med. Duke Carl Theodor in Bavaria - Fate between Wittelsbach and Habsburg, Graz, Verlag Styria, 1963
Essays and studies
appeared in leading magazines and the daily press:
- 1. To understand the moral and formal basis of literature and culture:
Poetry and poet; Literature and ethos; Life and poetry; Discipline and talent; The broadcast of German literature; Prometheus or Thersites - The epic poet at the crossroads; The autobiographer between Scylla and Charybdis ; Vanity and addiction to work under the mask of biographical historiography; Panem et circenses ; etc.
- 2. On history and questions of time:
History and poetry; South and North - from 1848 until the Versailles coronation - in the light of Wittelsbach - Habsburg correspondence and diplomatic secret reports; Ludwig II of Bavaria and Bismarck ; Elisabeth of Austria ; Mayerling ; Hugo Graf Lerchenfeld ; Diplomats under Hitler ; Papen on his own behalf; Winston Churchill ; among others
- 3. Poet portraits:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; Knut Hamsun ; Frank Thiess ; Heinrich Mann ; Otto von Taube ; Max Dauthendey ; Hermann Eris Busse ; Herbert Eulenberg ; Dostoyevsky ; Martin Andersen Nexø ; John Galsworthy ; etc.
literature
- Franz Lennartz : German poets and writers of our time. Individual presentations on beautiful literature in German : Kröner's pocket edition, Volume 217. Stuttgart: Kröner Verlag 1959 (8th expanded edition). 9th ext. Ed. 1963. 10th extension. 1969 edition
Web links
- Richard Sexau in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Estate in the Bavarian State Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sexau, Richard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, diplomat and historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1882 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
DATE OF DEATH | 23rd August 1962 |
Place of death | Munich |