Robert Saudek
Robert Saudek (born April 21, 1880 in Kolin , Austria-Hungary ; died April 15, 1935 in London ) was a Czechoslovak graphologist , diplomat and writer .
Life
Robert Saudek was the son of a bed manufacturer and studied around 1900 at Charles University in Prague , University of Leipzig and at the Sorbonne in Paris . To finance his studies , he wrote plays, essays , epigrams and novels . During the First World War he lived in the neutral city of The Hague and earned his living as a translator, he spoke fluent Czech , English , Dutch , French and German . After the war he worked in the diplomatic service of the Czechoslovak government in London. In 1924 he was a correspondent for the Prager Zeitung and founded a graphological practice. Saudek was in constant correspondence with the most famous graphologists of the time, Hans Busse and Ludwig Klages .
The Jewish politician Ludvík Singer (1876–1931) was a brother-in-law of Saudek.
Works (selection)
- The giant unleashed. Novel. Schuster & Loeffler, Leipzig 1910.
- with Alfred Salm: The fairy tale of the Heiligenwald. Published by Carl Reissner, 1912.
- Demon Berlin. Concordia Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1907.
- And shining stars above us.
- Scientific graphology. Drei Masken Verlag, Munich 1926.
- Diplomats. Drei Masken Verlag, Munich 1921.
- Experimental graphology. Pan-Verlag Kurt Metzner , Berlin 1929.
literature
- Nessun Saprà: Lexicon of German Science Fiction & Fantasy 1870-1918. Utopica, Oberhaid 2005, ISBN 3-938083-01-8 , p. 226 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saudek, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphologist, diplomat and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolin , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1935 |
| Place of death | London |