Rudolf of Delius

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Rudolf Hermann Robert Johann von Delius (born January 1, 1878 in Warburg ; † May 6, 1946 in Ried ) was a German editor , writer and philosopher .

Life

Delius came from a Ravensberg family. His father was Karl von Delius (1840–1907), district administrator in Warburg. He was a great-grandson of Daniel Heinrich Delius and a step-brother of Friedrich von Delius . His mother was Berta Snell (1853–1879), daughter of the psychiatrist Ludwig Snell (1817–1892).

After attending grammar school in Hildesheim and the famous Fürstenschule Schulpforta near Naumburg an der Saale, he began studying philosophy , literature and art history in Berlin and Munich and then traveled through almost all of Europe . He was literarily influenced by the Berlin poet group Die neue Gemeinschaft .

On November 13, 1904, he married the Englishwoman Margaret Rice (born August 14, 1877 in Cheam ; † April 17, 1965 Kayhude ), who offered rhythmic gymnastics and dance courses with her sister Ethel in Munich and whose pupils were Clotilde von Derp . The marriage resulted in the children Nora (born February 28, 1906 in Munich), Oliver (born July 16, 1909 in Munich) and Erika (born May 18, 1915 in Ried ).

Delius did his military service in Strasbourg . At the beginning of the First World War, he published the literary magazine The Reading - a weekly paper for entertainment and education , and after its end tried to make his ideas known in the adult education movement . He settled in Munich and developed a literary and cultural criticism in a broad framework of psychological considerations of literature. After being bombed out in World War II , he became impoverished and moved to Ried near Benediktbeuern , where he finally died in May 1946.

Works and publications (selection)

  • Gondoly. A drama in five acts. Sattler, Braunschweig 1901.
  • Soul love. A tragic comedy in three acts. Langen, Munich 1902.
  • Rienzi. A tragedy in three acts. Sattler, Braunschweig, Leipzig 1903.
  • From the picture room of the soul. Poems. Wigand, Berlin 1905.
  • Robespierre. A revolutionary grotesque in three acts. Langen, Munich 1906.
  • Jesus. His fight, his personality and his legend. Munich 1909; New edition Dresden: Reissner 1924.
  • On the psychology of the Roman Empire. Müller, Munich 1911.
  • Transformations. Poems. Munich 1913.
  • Germany's intellectual world power position. The harvest, Stuttgart 1915.
  • Germany and the geniuses of foreign countries. The great spirits of Russia, England, France, China, America in their impact on us. The harvest, Stuttgart 1915.
  • The characteristics of the German mind. Basics of the German character in intellectual and artistic areas. The harvest, Stuttgart 1915.
  • Barthold Heinrich Brockes. The garden of creation. Poems. Westermann, Braunschweig 1917.
  • Hegel in his letters. Munich: Ehmke 1918.
  • Brockes. The ring of the year. 1920.
  • Almanac of the Rupprecht press. Hirth, Munich 1920.
  • Arnold. Love spark. 1920.
  • Poems by the Count of Zinzendorf. Furche-Verlag, Berlin 1920.
  • Philosophy of love. Otto Reichl Verlag, Darmstadt 1920.
  • Holderlin. Late hymns. 1921.
  • Primordial Laws of Life. Otto Reichl Verlag, Darmstadt, 1922.
  • Mary Wigman . Carl Reissner, Dresden 1925.
  • Dance and erotic . Delphin Verlag, Munich 1926.
  • The man's mask. An erotic novel. Carl Reissner-Verlag, Dresden, 1927.
  • The dancer. A novel by women. Otto Reichl Verlag, Darmstadt 1929.
  • Kungfutse. His personality and his teaching . Reclam Leipzig 1930; New edition Reclam-Verlag, Stuttgart 1948.
  • The world powers of the mind. Waldemar Hoffmann Verlag, Berlin 1934.
  • Rieder diary. The posthumous writing of the philosopher from the years 1943-1946. Otto Reichl Verlag, Darmstadt 1947.

Honors

  • 1914 Honorary Prize from the Johannes Fastenrath Foundation.

Web links

Wikiquote: Rudolf von Delius  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Rudolf von Delius in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors , accessed on February 27, 2007
  2. ↑ a b August Ludwig Degener: Who is who? Volume 9. Arani, 1928, p. 282.
  3. ↑ Frank-Manuel Peter , Rainer Stamm (ed.): The Sacharoffs - Two dancers from the circle of the Blue Rider. Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2002, especially p. 156f.
personal data
SURNAME Delius, Rudolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delius, Rudolf Hermann Robert Johann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German editor, writer and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Warburg
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1946
Place of death reed