Siegfried von der Trenck

Siegfried Theodor Julius Gustav von Trenck (short Siegfried von Trenck ; *  2. December  1882 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; †  12. December  1951 in Berlin ) was a German epic writer , poet , novelist and essayist .

Life

He grew up in his hometown and attended the Collegium Fridericianum , where he also graduated from high school . He then studied law at various universities in Königsberg , Berlin and Freiburg im Breisgau . After his legal clerkship in Berlin, he was initially a lawyer at the district court , later a patent attorney and notary in Berlin.

Siegfried von der Trenck was a member of the National Socialist Legal Guardian Association during the Third Reich .

Works

• "Cathedral Concert"
• "Fairy dance"
• "Human bride"
• “The Eternal Song. Dante's Divina Commedia, reborn through immersion and inspiration "(1921)
• "The Book of Life" (trilogy; 1925–28)
  • "Chandelier around the sun"
  • "Flame over the world"
  • "Stars in the Blood"
• "Revelation of Eros" (1930)
• “Don Juan - Ahasver. A Passion for the Earth "(1930)
• "Heracles - Christ" (1930)
• "The Bull and the Crown" (1933)
• "People and Leader" (1934)
• "Rebirth" (1937)
• "Sword from God's Mouth" (1940)

literature

• Konrad Fuchs :  Siegfried von der Trenck. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 448-449.
• Heinrich Spiero : Siegfried von der Trenck. Thoughts on his work. Klotz, Gotha 1932.

Web links

• Literature by and about Siegfried von der Trenck in the catalog of the German National Library