Salomon David Steinberg
Salomon David Steinberg (born June 25, 1889 in Lucerne ; died October 22, 1965 in Zurich ) is one of the few expressionist writers in Switzerland.
Life
Steinberg was of Jewish origin. He studied in Berlin and Zurich, where he received his doctorate in 1913. After the First World War he went to Berlin again as a freelance writer and from 1925 until the end of his life was director of the Minerva Middle School in Zurich. From 1927 he only wrote reviews in the Züricher Post .
Steinberg's poems appeared in the poetry volumes Untergang (1917) and Klingendes Erleben (1927).
With his wife Lea Jacobson, he founded the Salomon David Steinberg Scholarship Foundation, which awards doctoral scholarships for humanities scholars.
Works (selection)
- The blue hour . Poems. Berlin: Juncker, 1913
literature
- Steinberg, Salomon David. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 19: Sand – Stri. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. De Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2012, ISBN 978-3-598-22699-1 , pp. 445-447.
- Steinberg, Salomon D. , in: Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography . Volume 5. Chernivtsi, 1931, p. 616
Web links
- Literature by and about Salomon David Steinberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Salomon David Steinberg in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Painting by Salomon David Steinberg
Individual evidence
- ^ Franziska Schönauer: Steinberg, Salomon David. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinberg, Salomon David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1965 |
| Place of death | Zurich |