Kurt Kusenberg
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Kurt Kusenberg was a German author of short stories.
Kusenberg was born in Göteborg, Sweden
.
His father was an engineer who worked in various countries, so Kusenberg grew up in Lisboa, Portugal
and also lived with his parents in North Africa for some time. He studied fine arts in Munich
. While working for the publishers Rowohlt
as an editor, he wrote nearly seventy short stories. They are unique in the way that dream, reality, humour, and the absolute fantastic are mixed.
Kusenberg died in Hamburg
in 1983.
In 2004, the 100th anniversary of his birth, a new collection of stories was published.
Kusenberg was born in Göteborg, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
His father was an engineer who worked in various countries, so Kusenberg grew up in Lisboa, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
and also lived with his parents in North Africa for some time. He studied fine arts in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. While working for the publishers Rowohlt
Rowohlt
Rowohlt Verlag is a publishing house based in Reinbek and also Hamburg and Berlin, part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Group . The company was created in 1908 in Leipzig by Ernst Rowohlt.- Parts of the company :* Kindler Verlag...
as an editor, he wrote nearly seventy short stories. They are unique in the way that dream, reality, humour, and the absolute fantastic are mixed.
Kusenberg died in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
in 1983.
In 2004, the 100th anniversary of his birth, a new collection of stories was published.