Rudolf Harms

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Rudolf Harms (born March 21, 1901 in Hanover ; † August 25, 1984 in Schmitten , Taunus ) was a German writer , journalist , film critic and biographer .

Life

Rudolf Harms received his doctorate in 1922 at the University of Leipzig with his dissertation, which he wrote with Hans Driesch , investigating the aesthetics of feature films . The study was one of the first dissertations on aesthetic issues in the medium of film in Germany. It was published as a book in 1926 under the title Philosophy of Film, which was soon translated into Russian. Harms first worked as an advertising copywriter , then as a film critic and auctioneer in Berlin . Out of aversion to the Nazi regime, he fell silent. In the post-war period Harms wrote short stories and novel biographies.

He lived in Hunoldstal until his death .

plant

Rudolf Harms was primarily a novel-biographer of historical figures, whom he described with strong psychological empathy and precise knowledge of details. The writer was shaped by deep humanism .

Works

  • Philosophy of film. Aesthetic and Metaphysical Foundations (1926)
  • Cultural significance and cultural dangers of film (1927)
  • A Ridiculous Being (1948)
  • Early light and later star. The adventurous journeys of Marco Polo (1959)
  • Cagliostro . The life novel of a genius swindler (1960)
  • Paracelsus . The life novel of a great doctor (1961)
  • Robespierre . A Biographical Novel (1962)
  • Semmelweis . Savior of mothers. A Biographical Novel (1964)
  • Robert Koch . Doctor and researcher. A Biographical Novel (1966)

literature

  • Anna Stüssi : Harms, Rudolf . (In: Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Handbuch , founded by Wilhelm Kosch, 3rd edition, edited by Heinz Rupp and Carl Ludwig Lang, 7th volume: Haab - Hogrebe, Francke Verlag, Bern and Munich 1979, Sp . 354–355)
  • Bertelsmann Lesering (ed.) : Authors in words and pictures . Reinhard Mohn OHG, 1976 Gütersloh

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bertelsmann Lesering (ed.) : Authors in words and pictures . Reinhard Mohn OHG, 1976 Gütersloh
personal data
SURNAME Harms, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1984
Place of death Schmitten (Hochtaunus)