Walter Kordt

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Walter Kordt (born October 13, 1899 in Düsseldorf , † June 18, 1972 ibid) was a German theater director and writer .

Life

Walter Kordt was the son of the Düsseldorf architect Wilhelm Kordt († 1931) and brother of the diplomats Erich and Theodor Kordt . He took part in the First World War as a soldier and graduated from high school in 1917 . In 1918 he began studying economics at the University of Giessen , then later in literary history and theater studies as well as art history at the universities in Frankfurt am Main , Munich and finally in Cologne , where he received his doctorate in philosophy in 1923 with a thesis on Grabbe . From 1922 Kordt worked under Louise Dumont as a dramaturge and assistant director at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , in addition he wrote theater reviews for various newspapers. In 1924 he was director and dramaturge at the Aachen City Theater, 1925/26 guest director in Neuss . From 1926 to 1929 he worked as a leading director at a theater in Bad Godesberg .

After the National Socialist seizure of power in 1933, Kordt temporarily lost his position as a theater critic. He went to Berlin in 1934 , and returned to Düsseldorf in 1937; until 1939 he was again active as a critic in both cities . From 1939 to 1944 he held the position of senior director at the municipal theater in Münster / Westphalia . In 1945 he settled down as a freelance writer in Linz / Rhine , but also worked again until 1946 as a director at theaters in Munich , Wuppertal , Trier and Bremen and in 1948/49 as director of the municipal theaters in Aachen. In 1949, a serious illness put an end to his theater work.

Walter Kordt, who had also emerged as a poet in the 1920s, mainly wrote essays , non-fiction books and commemorative publications on topics from the Rhenish cultural and economic history after 1945 .

Works

  • Christian Dietrich Grabbe's position on the stage , Cologne 1923
  • Ruhr cities , Berlin 1928
  • Voice of the Rhine , Düsseldorf 1946
  • One hundred years of Gustav Grolman , Düsseldorf 1955
  • The benefit of nature , Wiesbaden 1957
  • 50 years of Heinr. Schulte, Textilwarenfabrik GmbH, Homburg, Niederrhein , Wiesbaden 1958 (together with Willi Klar)
  • 100 years of J. Hecking, colored spinning and weaving, Neuenkirchen near Rheine in Westphalia , Wiesbaden 1958 (together with Rudolf Herzfeldt)
  • The ripcord , Eltville a. Rh. 1959
  • Adolph von Vagedes , Ratingen / Rhld. 1961
  • The Krefeld-Uerdinger Rhine and Port Industry , Krefeld
    • 1. The Uerdingen industry up to 1900 , 1963
  • The gardens of Brühl , Cologne 1965
  • Stations , Bensberg-Frankenforst 1969

Editing

  • Joseph von Eichendorff : Against Will or Die Liebesfahrt der Scholar , Berlin 1935
  • Clemens Brentano : Valeria or Vaterlist , Münster / Westf. 1940
  • Friedrich Hölderlin : The Death of Empedocles , Düsseldorf-Oberkassel 1946
  • Joseph von Eichendorff : Die Freier , Wiesbaden 1958
  • Krefeld classic and different , Krefeld 1959
  • Krefeld between the times , Ratingen 1962
  • From Roman fort to city , Krefeld 1964

Translations

Web links

  • Walter Kordt , biography and estate in the portal rheinische-literaturnachlaesse.de
personal data
SURNAME Kordt, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater director and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1972
Place of death Dusseldorf