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.


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