Ludwig Renn
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Ludwig Renn (April 22, 1889 – July 21, 1979) was a German writer.
Born Arnold Friedrich Vieth von Golßenau in Dresden into a Saxon noble family, he fought in World War I on the Western Front. He wrote the book Krieg on his experiences. He was also a member of the KPD, the Communist Party of Germany, joining in 1928. In 1933, he was one of a great many prominent German communists falsely alleged by the Communist Party to have been murdered by the Nazis.
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During the Spanish Civil War, he initially defended Madrid in the German expatriate Thälmann Battalion, as a leader. Later on in the War, he was chief of staff of the XI International Brigade. Renn spoke the international language Esperanto, and was a member of the laborioust Esperanto-movement. He spoke at the 10th Berlin Esperanto-excursion.[1]
Renn died in East Berlin in 1979.
Books
- Krieg (1928)
- Nachkrieg (1930)
- Russlandfahrten (1932)
- Vor großen Wandlungen (1936)
- Adel im Untergang (1944)
- Auf den Trümmern des Kaiserreiches (1946)
- Morelia (1950)
- Vom alten und neuen Rumänien (1952)
- Trini (1954)
- Der spanische Krieg (1955)
- Der Neger Nobi (1955)
- Herniu und der blinde Asni (1956)
- Krieg ohne Schlacht (1957)
- Meine Kindheit und Jugend (1957)
- Herniu und Armin (1958)
- Camilo (1963)
- Inflation (1963)
- Zu Fuss zum Orient (1966)
- Ausweg (1967)
- Krieger, Landsknecht und Soldat (1973)
- Anstöße in meinem Leben (1980, posthumous autobiography)
Notes and references
- ↑ (Esperanto) La Berlina Informilo
See also
External links
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- Ludwig Renn in the German National Library catalogue
- Biografie beim DHM (German)
- Eintrag in der Sächsischen Biografie (German)
- Ludwig Renn's Krieg / Nachkrieg Nemesis, the socialist archive for fiction (German)
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