Hans Reimann (writer)

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This article is about the German writer. For the East German athlete, see Hans Reimann.

Hans Reimann (1889-1969) was a German satirist, novelist, and playwright. He wrote under the pseudonyms Max Bunge, Hans Heinrich, Artur Sünder, Hanns Heinz Vampir, and Andreas Zeltner.

[edit] Biography

Albert Johannes Reimann was born on 18th November 1889 in Leipzig where he grew up. He studied German philology and art history at the Kunstakademie in Munich. After serving in the German army during World War I he published the satirical journal Der Drache (The Dragon) in Leipzig from 1919 till 1921 from 1924 till 1929 the Stachelschwein (Porcupine) in Frankfurt on the Main. He worked also for the satirical Simplicissimus and Die Weltbühne and founded the cabarets »Retorte« (in Leipzig) und »Astoria« (in Frankfurt on the Main.). He lived in Berlin since 1925. Having planned a Hitler parody under the title Mein Krampf (My Cramp) he had some problems finding employment under the Nazi regime, but some publications in anti-semitic journals suggest he had found ways of arranging himself with the Nazis. After the fall of the "Third Reich" he was forbidden to publish by the allies until 1948. He began writing for the Munich satirical journal Simpl, moved 1951 to Schmalenbeck near Hamburg and published Literazzia. He died on 13th Juni 1969 in Schmalenbeck.

Hans Reimann is the grandfather of the German lyricist Andreas Reimann.

[edit] Works

  • Die Dame mit den schönen Beinen, 1916
  • Das verbotene Buch, 1917
  • Die Dinte wider das Blut , 1917
  • Das Paukerbuch, satires, 1918
  • Tyll, autobiography, 1918
  • Sächsische Miniaturen, 1921-31
  • Der Ekel , comedy, 1924
  • Komponist wider Willen, novel, 1928
  • Die Feuerzangenbowle, comedy, 1933/1936 (together with Heinrich Spoerl)
  • Motorbummel durch den Orient, 1935
  • Das Buch vom Kitsch, 1936
  • Der Mogelvogel, novel, 1957
  • Mein blaues Wunder, autobiography, 1959

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