Hermann Kasack
Hermann Kasack | |
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | |
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Organization | S. Fischer Verlag |
Works | Die Stadt hinter dem Strom |
Hermann Robert Richard Eugen Kasack (24 July 1896 – 10 January 1966) was a
Career
Kasack was born in
In 1915, he published his first poem in the magazine Die Aktion. Two years later, a lifelong friendship began with both the painter Walter Gramatté, the model for the painter Catell in Die Stadt hinter dem Strom, and the poet Oskar Loerke. In 1918, he released a volume of poems, entitled Der Mensch. Verse, which was his first published book.
He started working as a literary editor in 1920 in the publishing house Gustav-Kiepenheuer-Verlag in Potsdam, where he edited the complete works of Friedrich Hölderlin. From 1925, he worked for the Funk-Stunde Berlin. His drama Die Schwester was premiered in 1926. He was director at the S. Fischer Verlag until 1927. On 28 March 1933, he was prohibited from working for any broadcast.
In 1941, he succeeded Oskar Loerke as literary editor in the S. Fischer Verlag, and took consequently over the direction of the publishing house when Peter Suhrkamp was arrested from 1944.[1]
His most famous novel,
Kasack died on 10 January 1966 in his home in Stuttgart.
His son Wolfgang Kasack (1927–2003) was a German Slavist.
Selected works
Drama
- Die Schwester. Eine Tragödie in acht Stationen (The Sister. A Tragedy in Eight Stations), Berlin 1920
- Die tragische Sendung. Ein dramatisches Ereignis in zehn Szenen (The Tragic Mission. A Dramatic Event in Ten Scenes), Berlin 1920 (Potsdam 1993)
- Vincent, play in 5 acts, Potsdam 1924
- Die Stadt hinter dem Strom, libretto of an "Oratorische Oper" in 3 acts, Frankfurt am Main 1954
Radio plays
- Stimmen im Kampf, Berlin 1930, first broadcast 7 December 1930 (30 min)
- Tull, der Meisterspringer, Berlin 1932, 10 radio plays for children, extant: Kinderreise mit Tull (34 min) and Tull's Kinderolympiade (27 min)
- Eine Stimme von Tausend, Berlin 1932, first broadcast 6 October 1932 (12 min)
- Der Ruf, Berlin 1932, first broadcast 12 December 1932 (58 min)
Novels
- Die Stadt hinter dem Strom, Berlin 1947
- Das große Netz, Berlin/Frankfurt am Main 1952
Literature
- Pierre Lech: Hermann Kasack und der zeitkritische Roman der Gegenwart. Echternach/Luxemburg 1956 (Univ., Diss., 1956)
- Wolfgang Kasack (editor): Leben und Werk von Hermann Kasack. Ein Brevier. Suhrkamp 1966.
- Heribert Besch: Dichtung zwischen Vision und Wirklichkeit. Eine Analyse des Werkes von Hermann Kasack mit Tagebuchedition (1930–1943). Röhrig, St. Ingbert 1992, ISBN 3-924555-96-6
- Tufarulo,G,M.- Il mondo è vero, il mondo è falso, parola di Hermann Kasack !- Pensiero e Arte,2004
References
- ^ Universität Potsdam(German) 1996
- ^ a b John R. Frey: Hermann Kasack jstor.org 1957
- ^ Hans Vogt operone.de
- ^ Hans Vogt: Fritz Oeser fritz-oeser.de (in German)
External links
- Kasack / 1896–1966 / Eine Bibliographie Universität Potsdam1996 (in German)
- Hermann Robert Richard Eugen Kasack Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (in German)
- Hermann Kasack und der Rundfunk, Audio-CD No. wo01, Frankfurt/M. und Potsdam 2004, Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, containing the radio plays Eine Stimme von Tausend and Der Ruf, also a contribution about Bertolt Brecht (in German)
- Was Kinder gerne hör(t)en, Audio-CD No. mu03, Frankfurt/M. und Potsdam 2003, Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, containing a collectiong of children's songs and children's radio plays from the 1930s and 1950s, including Tull's Kinderolympiade (in German)