Rudolf Caltofen
Rudolf Caltofen (born April 30, 1895 in Dresden , † July 22, 1983 in Düsseldorf ) was a German writer, radio play author, translator and journalist.
Life
Caltofen studied in Dresden , Berlin and Montpellier and was active in the migratory bird movement . He was a member of the KPD , from which he was expelled in 1926. He worked as a tax officer and journalist and from 1928 worked as a freelance author in Spain and Germany . He was arrested after the seizure of power in 1933, but was able to flee to Czechoslovakia . He made several trips on behalf of the Spanish government and worked in Seville in 1935 for a German underground organization. In 1944 he was arrested by the Gestapo , sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and transferred from there to the Brandenburg reformatory.
After the liberation from National Socialism , he first lived in Paris , from 1952 in Fontenay-sous-Bois , from 1958 to 1963 again in Paris and finally in Düsseldorf . He has written novels, short stories, essays, reports, radio plays and translations from Spanish, Portuguese and French. He was a member of the PEN Center Germany and an honorary member of various academies in Brazil, Colombia and Spain.
Award
- 1922 Karl May Prize of the City of Dresden
- Federal Cross of Merit, 1st Class (April 11, 1967)
- Medal of Honor of the Association of Those Persecuted by the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists
Works
- La Carolina. Way of a love . Lucerne 1951.
- Juanita. Factual novel from the Spanish Civil War . Heidelberg 1952.
- Simple hearts. Portuguese diary . 1953.
- A communist's confession . 1961.
- On a strange earth . Essen 1962.
- France . Essen 1967.
Translations
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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer : Legends. 1946
- Under the spell of the Andes. Stories from South America . 1947
- François Mauriac : The Pharisee . 1949
- Alfonso Reyes : Small Miniatures . 1977
literature
- Hugo Ernst Buyer, Rolfrafael Schröer: You write between Goch and Bonn: bio-bibliograf. Data, photos, etc. Texts by 61 authors , Hammer, Wuppertal 1975.
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Caltofen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heinrich Heine Institute Düsseldorf: Rudolf Caltofen
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caltofen, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rodolfo Caltofen-Segura (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, radio play author, translator, journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1983 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |