Karl Otten
Illustration — cover of Die Reise nach Albanien, designed by Franz Seraph Henseler Karl Otten (29 July 1889 Oberkrüchten – 20 March 1963, Minusio) was a German expressionist writer and broadcaster. Karl was an anti-militarist activist during the First World War, but was arrested for his actions. On 16 November 1918 he signed the Appeal published by the Antinational Socialist Party.
Karl Otten
Franz Henseler · Stephan Berg (Hrsg.): Ein expressionistischer Sommer, Bonn 1913, Katalog der Ausstellung. München: Hirmer 2013, S. 130 · Public domain
- Born
- 1889
- Died
- 1963
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Illustration — cover of Die Reise nach Albanien, designed by Franz Seraph Henseler Karl Otten (29 July 1889 Oberkrüchten – 20 March 1963, Minusio) was a German expressionist writer and broadcaster. Karl was an anti-militarist activist during the First World War, but was arrested for his actions. On 16 November 1918 he signed the Appeal published by the Antinational Socialist Party.
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In 1919 he co-founded Der Gegner with Julius Guomperz. In 1930 he met Ellen Kroner with whom he worked closely and married her in 1939. Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Otten first went to Spain and fought in the Spanish Revolution. Following its defeat he went to London, where he wrote 120 radio broadcasts for the BBC. He went blind in 1944 and later moved to Switzerland.
• 1913, Die Reise nach Albanien, Berlin: Heinrich F. S. Bachmair-Verlag • 1919, Lona, novel • 1918, Der Erhebung des Herzens Der Rote Hahn No. 4, Berlin: Verlag Die Aktion • 1927, Prüfung zur Reife, novel, List Verlag • 1931, Der schwarze Napoleon, biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture Berlin: Atlantis
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The Ellen Otten Family Papers (Leo Baeck Institute, New York) contain much information about Karl Otten.
Karl Otten: Der Sprung aus dem_Fenster, Kurt Wolff Verlag, München, 1918 (Der jüngste Tag Band 55)
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- 1.Daten: geb. 28. November 1884 Wien; gest. 5. Mai 1955 New York. Ihr Ehename war Friedmann-Otten oder Otten-Friedmann; abgekürzter Vorname ist in häufigen Namensvarianten Mizzi, Mizi und weiteren überliefert; vgl. und
- 2.Julius Talbot Keller: Was sind Revolutionen? In: Der Gegner, Jahrgang 1, Nummer 1, April 1919, Seite 16–20 Blue Mountain
- 3.Karl Otten, Torquemadas Schatten, Konkret Literatur Verlag, Hamburg 1980, ISBN 3-922144-07-1, S. 271 (Nachwort von Roland H. Wiegenstein)
- 4.Conrad Pütter: Rundfunk gegen das Dritte Reich. Ein Handbuch. K.G.Saur Verlag, München, London, New York, Oxford, Paris 1986, ISBN 3-598-10470-7, S. 90
- 5.Kalliope Person 11717033X Otten, Ellen (1909-1999)
- 6.Die obigen drei Gedichte sind aus: Hans Bender (Hrsg.), Widerspiel. Deutsche Lyrik seit 1945, Carl Hanser Verlag, München 1962.
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