Theodor Fanta

Theodor Fanta (born May 8, 1904 , † July 7, 1957 ) was a German writer, journalist and photo reporter.

Live and act

Theodor Fanta worked in Berlin as a feature editor for the “Berliner Börsenkurier” until 1933 and as a photographer z. B. for Deutsche Illustrierte. In 1933 he emigrated to Prague and later to Paris . His play “The Children of the Unknown Soldier” was performed in Paris and was very well received. He survived the Second World War in France and moved to Switzerland after 1945 .

Award

Protection Association of German Writers : Heinrich Heine Prize

Essays

• The Children of the Unknown Soldier: Three Chapters of the Hitler Youth. In: International Literature. Born 6. 1936, No. 8, p. 30.
• Day one. In: The word. Vol. 1, No. 5, 1936, pp. 105-106.

literature

• Tom Kuhn: Theodor Fanta: Notes on the life and work of a forgotten playwright '. In: Forum Mainz Texts. 9, 1985, pp. 27-34.
• Tom Kuhn: From a Lost Chapter of German Drama '. In: German Life and Letters. 41 (October 1987), pp. 59-71.
• The war in Spain and its depiction in the literary magazine “Das Wort”. In: circular. 19th year. Willi-Bredel-Gesellschaft 2008 ( bredelgesellschaft.de ).

Web links

• Part of the estate of Theodor Fanta in the German Exile Archive of the German National Library