Paul Alverdes
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Paul Alverdes (Strasburg, 6 May 1897 - Munich, 28 February 1979) was a German novelist and poet.
The son of an officer and member of the German Youth Movement, he volunteered for duty in World War I and received a severe injury to the throat. Along with Karl Benno von Mechow, he published the journal Das innere Reich. After 1945 he mainly wrote stories for children.
[edit] Works
- Die Pfeiferstube (1927)
- Reinhold oder die Verwandelten
- Die Freiwilligen (1934)
- Das Winterlager
- Eine Infanterie – Division bricht durch
- Deutsches Andenkenbuch
- Das Zwiegesicht
- Dank und Dienst. Reden und Aufsätze
- Märchen (Das Männlein Mittenzwei) (1937)
- Grimmbarts Haus (1949)
- Legende vom Christ-Esel (1953)
[edit] References
- Furness, Raymond and Malcolm Humble (1991). "A Companion to Twentieth Century German Literature." London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-01987-7.
