Walter Anatole Persich

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Walter Anatole Persich (actually: Walter Willi Karl Persich, born July 5, 1904 in Hamburg ; † May 23, 1955 ) was a German writer.

Life

Persich, who partly published under the pseudonym Christoph Walter Drey , wrote mainly short stories and novels. His books were often set in the Hanseatic milieu, against a nautical background or in exotic worlds. In many cases, the stories were based on actual historical events or the lives of well-known people. Due to his chatty style, the works were successful and were often printed in several editions. Some books saw new editions even in the post-war period. Persich stayed in Germany during the National Socialist period and described himself as an "apolitical" person. However, at the time of the World War he also published books with a propaganda tendency (“ Winston Churchill very 'private' - adventurer, lord, criminal”, “ Zaharoff the demon of Europe”). At the beginning of the 1950s, Persich and others founded the Paul Abraham Committee in Hamburg to promote the return of the seriously ill composer Paul Abraham from exile in America.

Works

  • Andreas Gleitner. A novel from Berlin , Drei Kegel Verlag, Berlin a. a. 1929.
  • The Birch Ship (novel), 1937
  • The decision is made in Shanghai (novel), 1937
  • How It Had to Come (novel), 1937
  • ... they meet on the Reeperbahn , 1938
  • The ivory transport. Adventures from around the world , 1938
  • The midget Hercules Hinz (novel), 1938
  • The silent act. Fates in Everyday Life , 1939
  • The last train to Shanghai , ZAG, Berlin 1939. (Ps .: Chr. W. Drey)
  • The big number. Fates from the world of variety , 1939
  • Eternal song of longing. A book by German poets, musicians and painters , 1939
  • Surenbrook shipping company family. A novel from the time of the rebuilding of German merchant shipping , 1939
  • Zaharoff the demon of Europe , 1940
  • Winston Churchill, completely "private". Adventurer, Lord, and Criminal , 1940
  • Goodbye to the past. An artist's fate , 1941
  • Baghdad Railway 1893 . Novel of a diplomatic intrigue, 1941
  • Shares of Suez. World history is writing a novel , 1942
  • Small watch book for Annemar. Letters from loneliness , 1944
  • Chinese wallpaper. For lovers , 1955

literature

  • German Literature Lexicon, 3rd edition 1988, Bern and Stuttgart, Francke (column 1053)
personal data
SURNAME Persich, Walter Anatole
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Persich, Walter Willi Karl; Persich, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1955