Zeno unicorn

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Zeno Einhorn (* 1899 in Kimpolung , Bukowina , Austria-Hungary , † 1941 in England ) was a German writer and doctor .

Life

Growing up in the Bukowina ( Kimpolung and Czernowitz ), Zeno Einhorn fled to Vienna at the beginning of the First World War . After the war, he studied medicine in Vienna and subsequently worked there as a doctor. In 1938 he and his family fled to England via France, where he died at the age of 42.

Literary work

Zeno Einhorn belonged to the group of German-Jewish poets from Bukovina, who were supported by Alfred Margul-Sperber , who also brought about the publication of Einhorn's novella Spring in the Jewish Alley . Einhorn's poems only appeared posthumously, for example in the anthology "Die Buche" compiled by Alfred Margul-Sperber.

Works

  • Spring in the Jewish alley . Jewish almanac in the weekly newspaper Selbstwehr , 1937/1938.
  • Poems in: George Guțu, Peter Motzan, Stefan Sienerth (Hrsg.): Die Buche. An anthology of German-language Jewish poetry from Bukovina . Compiled by Alfred Margul-Sperber. IKGS Verlag, Munich 2009, pp. 73–80.

literature

  • Peter Motzan: Biobibliographical Appendix. In George Guțu, Peter Motzan & Stefan Sienerth (eds.): The beech. An anthology of German-language Jewish poetry from Bukovina . Compiled by Alfred Margul-Sperber. IKGS Verlag, Munich 2009, pp. 365-424.

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personal data
SURNAME Unicorn, Zeno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Kimpolung , Bukovina , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH 1941
Place of death England