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Hermann Kesten (1900-1996) was a German novelist and dramatist who wrote in exile. He was a leading figure of the New Objectivity movement and the Group 47 literary group, and received many prizes and honors.
Hermann Kesten war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, der zur Neuen Sachlichkeit gehörte und als Lektor im Kiepenheuer Verlag arbeitete. Er floh 1933 vor dem NS-Regime nach Frankreich und den USA, wo er viele verfolgte Künstler unterstützte.
Hermann Kesten, author, publisher: born Nuremberg 1900; married Toni Warowitz (died 1977); died Basle, Switzerland 3 May 1996.
May 3, 1996 · When Hermann Kesten left Berlin hastily in March 1933 and went into exile in France, he had already published four novels, a book of short stories and seven plays. He belonged to a generation of younger writers who had a significant influence on the literature of the Weimar Republic from the late 1920s.
- on 3 May 1996 in Basel, Switzerland
- Writer, Publicist
- France, Netherlands, United States of America
Erfahren Sie mehr über Hermann Kesten (1900-1996), einen der literarischen Hoffnungen der Weimarer Republik, der vor Hitler fliehen musste und in Rom, Basel und den USA lebte. Lesen Sie über seine zahlreichen Werke, seine Auszeichnungen, seine Freunde und seine ironischen, satirischen und engagierten Themen.
I am a walker. I walked through a hundred towns. Always the same street, My street, I walk as if I know where to go, Impatient though I arrive. Where I do not want to go.
Whilst living in exile in France, the German writer Hermann Kesten became active in the Emergency Rescue Committee for German-speaking writers, and this prize (originally called the Hermann Kesten medal) was established by the German Centre in his name in 1985. It is awarded in recognition of outstanding efforts made in the support of ...
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