Ferdinand Bruckner
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Ferdinand Bruckner was an Austria
n-German writer and theater manager.
translator. After the separation of his parents, he spent time in Vienna
and Paris
, and in Berlin
where he began to study music. However, impressed by the expressionist
literary scene in Berlin, in 1916 he moved away from music and devoted himself to poetry. In the following years, he published several poetry collections and in 1917 he began the literary magazine Marsyas with texts from authors like Alfred Döblin
and Hermann Hesse
. In 1922, he founded the Berlin Renaissance Theater, whose leadership he gave to Gustav Hartung in 1928.
In 1929 and 1930 he released the pieces Krankheit der Jugend (Sickness of Youth) und Elisabeth von England (Elizabeth of England) using the pseudonym
Ferdinand Bruckner. After the success of these works, he revealed their authorship, although he also changed his name itself in 1946.
In 1933 he emigrated to Paris and worked on the anti-fascist play Die Rassen. In 1936, he moved to the United States
, although he achieved little success there. Twenty years after his flight from Germany in 1953 he returned to Berlin
where he worked as an advisor to the Schiller Theater. He died in Berlin on December 5, 1958.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n-German writer and theater manager.
Life
Bruckner's father was an Austrian businessman and his mother a FrenchFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
translator. After the separation of his parents, he spent time in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
where he began to study music. However, impressed by the expressionist
Expressionism
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
literary scene in Berlin, in 1916 he moved away from music and devoted himself to poetry. In the following years, he published several poetry collections and in 1917 he began the literary magazine Marsyas with texts from authors like Alfred Döblin
Alfred Döblin
Alfred Döblin was a German expressionist novelist, best known for the novel Berlin Alexanderplatz .- 1878–1918:...
and Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature...
. In 1922, he founded the Berlin Renaissance Theater, whose leadership he gave to Gustav Hartung in 1928.
In 1929 and 1930 he released the pieces Krankheit der Jugend (Sickness of Youth) und Elisabeth von England (Elizabeth of England) using the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Ferdinand Bruckner. After the success of these works, he revealed their authorship, although he also changed his name itself in 1946.
In 1933 he emigrated to Paris and worked on the anti-fascist play Die Rassen. In 1936, he moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, although he achieved little success there. Twenty years after his flight from Germany in 1953 he returned to Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
where he worked as an advisor to the Schiller Theater. He died in Berlin on December 5, 1958.
Works
- Der Herr in den Nebeln, 1917
- Krankheit der Jugend, 1929
- Die Verbrecher, 1929
- Elisabeth von England, 1930
- Die Rassen, 1933
- Simon Bolivar, 1945
- Pyrrhus und Andromache, 1951