Walter Dehmel
Walter Dehmel (born May 9, 1903 in Berlin ; † June 20, 1960 in Schöneiche near Berlin ) was a German poet and translator.
The son of a cabinet maker was active in the Berlin workers' youth and published his first poems and stories from 1928. After 1945, disciplined in the Third Reich, he was involved in the development of the adult education center in Berlin-Treptow . As a freelance writer, he moved to Schöneiche near Berlin in 1959, where he died the following year. His estate is administered in the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. Most famous was his free adaptation of the Soviet song of the world youth ( youth of all nations ). In 1954 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.
Fonts
- We are the young, the restless (poem)
- First you work people, you must not give way ( Bandiera rossa ),
- From the confusion of that time , 1947
- Urban periphery , 1963 (published posthumously)
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Dehmel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Walter Dehmel Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany , October 7, 1954
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dehmel, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1960 |
| Place of death | Schöneiche near Berlin |