Kasimir Edschmid
Kasimir Edschmid, born Eduard Hermann Wilhelm Schmid (5 October 1890 in Darmstadt – 31 August 1966 in Vulpera (Switzerland)), was a German Expressionist writer. Together with Carl Gunschmann he was one of the founders of the Darmstädter Sezession in 1919. Later he turned to realism before adopting a more visionary style.
Kasimir Edschmid
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- Born
- 1890. · Darmstadt.
- Died
- 1966. · Tarasp.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- writer and journalist.
- Honours
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen and Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Languages
- German.
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Kasimir Edschmid, born Eduard Hermann Wilhelm Schmid (5 October 1890 in Darmstadt – 31 August 1966 in Vulpera (Switzerland)), was a German Expressionist writer. Together with Carl Gunschmann he was one of the founders of the Darmstädter Sezession in 1919. Later he turned to realism before adopting a more visionary style.
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He was a very prolific author, known especially for travel writing. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1933 some of his books, including "Westdeutsche Fahrten", were among the works burnt by the Nazis. He spent the war in a remote mountain village in Bavaria, in innere Emigration (inner emigration). After the war he became a prominent figure in West Germany's literary establishment.
The recorded working language is German. Distinctions recorded are Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen and Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Verse. Hymnen. Gesänge. Poems. 1911 Bilder. Lyrische Projektionen. Poems. 1913 Die sechs Mündungen. Novellas. 1915 Das rasende Leben. Novellas. 1915 Timur. Novellas. 1916 Die Karlsreis. Short story. 1918 Die Fürstin. Short story. 1918 Stehe von Lichtern gestreichelt. Poems. 1919 Über den Expressionismus in der Literatur und die neue Dichtung. Literary theory. 1919 Die achatnen Kugeln. Novel. 1920 Die doppelköpfige Nymphe. Aufsätze über die Literatur und die Gegenwart. Essays on literary theory.. 1920 In memoriam Lisl Steinrück. 1920 Kean. Drama. 1921 Das Puppenbuch. Photographs of dolls by Erna Pinner and Lotte Pritzel with text by K. E.. 1921 Frauen. Novellas. 1922 Hamsun. Flaubert. Talks. 1922 Die Amazone. Short story. 1922 Das Bücher-Dekameron. Eine Zehn-Nächte-Tour durch die europäische Gesellschaft und Literatur. Literary talks. 1922 Die Engel mit dem Spleen. 1923 Zur Naturgeschichte der Antilopen. 1923 Bullis und Pekingesen. Animal sketches. 1925 Der Russen-Zoo. Animal sketches. 1926 Basken. Stiere. Araber. Travel, with illustrations by Erna Pinner. 1927 Die gespenstigen Abenteuer des Hofrat Brüstlein. Novel. Vienna 1927 Das große Reisebuch: Von Stockholm bis Korsika, von Monte Carlo bis Assisi. Travel. 1927 Luxus-Hunde. Animal sketches. 1927 Die neue Frau. Short stories. 1927 Sport um Gagaly. Novel with sporting theme. Zürich 1928 Tiere. Mädchen und Antilopenjagd am Nil. Travel, with engravings by Erna Pinner. 1928. Afrika: Nackt und angezogen. Travel. 1929; reissued in 1951 with extensive re-working Geschichte von den Suaheli-Mädchen und den schwarzen Kriegern. Story, with lithographs by Erna Pinner. 1929 Lord Byron. Roman einer Leidenschaft. Novel. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1929 Jones und die Stiere (short story) in: Neue deutsche Erzähler Bd. 1. Max Brod and others. Paul Franke, Berlin o. J. 1930 Exotische Tiergeschichten. Animal stories. 1930 Hallo Welt. 16 short stories. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1930 Feine Leute oder Die Großen dieser Erde. Novel. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1931 Glanz und Elend Südamerikas. Travel. 1931 Indianer. Travel, with lithographs by Erna Pinner. 1931 Deutsches Schicksal. Politics. 1932 Zauber und Größe des Mittelmeeres. Travel. 1932 Im Spiegel des Rheins. Westdeutsche Fahrten. Travel. 1933 Das Südreich. Roman der Germanenzüge. Historical novel. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Berlin/Wien/Leipzig 1933 Westdeutsche Fahrten. Travel sketches. Frankfurt am Main 1933 Italien. Lorbeer. Leid und Ruhm. 1935 (first part of a five-part work about Italy [Italienschrift]) Das Drama von Panama. History of Panama Canal. 1936 Lesseps – Das Drama von Panama. 1937. Der Liebesengel. Roman einer Leidenschaft. Novel. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1937 Italien. Gärten. Männer und Geschicke. Travel. 1937 (Italienschrift Part II) Die Eifel. Shell map of the Eifel. Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke 2'1937 (text by K.E.) Erika. Short story. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1938 Italien. Inseln. Römer und Cäsaren. Travel. 1939 (Italienschrift Part III) Italien. Hirten. Helden und Jahrtausende. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1941 (Italienschrift Part IV) Das gute Recht. Autobiographical novel. Kurt Desch, 1946 Italienische Gesänge. Poems. Darmstadt 1947 Bunte Erde. Travel. 1948 Im Diamantental. Four short stories. 1948 Schatzgräber. Short stories. 1948 Italien. Seefahrt. Palmen und Unsterblichkeit. Travel. 1948 (Italienschrift Part V) Der Zauberfaden. Roman einer Industrie. Novel. Kurt Desch, 1949 Wenn es Rosen sind, werden sie blühen. Novel about Georg Büchner. 1950. New edition 1966 under the title Georg Büchner. Eine deutsche Revolution. Filmed in 1981 Der Bauchtanz. Exotic novellas. Kurt Desch, 1952 Das Südreich. Historical novel. 1953 Der Hauptmann und die Furt. Short story. 1953 Der Marschall und die Gnade. Novel about Simón Bolívar. 1954 Frühe Manifeste. Epochen des Expressionismus. Literary history. 1957 Drei Häuser am Meer. Novel. Kurt Desch, 1958 Drei Kronen für Rico. Novel about the Hohenstaufen. Bertelsmann, 1958 Stürme und Stille am Mittelmeer: ein Rundblick. Travel. Ullstein, 1959 Tagebuch 1958–1960. Diary. 1960 Lebendiger Expressionismus. Auseinandersetzungen. Gestalten. Erinnerungen. Literary history. 1961 Portraits und Denksteine. Essays. 1962 Briefe der Expressionisten. Literary history. 1964 Die frühen Erzählungen. Early short stories. 1965 Whisky für Algerien?. Travel. 1965 Italien. Landschaft. Geschichte. Kultur. Travel. 1968
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1890
Kasimir Edschmid born at Darmstadt.
1966
Kasimir Edschmid died at Tarasp.
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- KASIMIR EDSCHMID, German Life and Letters, 1948
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- 1.Kasimir Edschmid. Olympedia.
- 2.E (Edschmid - Engels). Bibliothek verbrannter Bücher.
- 3.Edschmid, Kasimir. Darmstadt Stadtlexikon.
- 4.about the Panama Canal builder Ferdinand de Lesseps. Originally written in 1935 and first published in 1936 as a special edition
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Lutz Weltmann (ed.): Kasimir Edschmid. Der Weg, die Welt, das Werk. Stuttgart 1955.
- Zenta Maurina: Jahre der Befreiung. Schwedische Tagebücher 1951–1958 (entry for 2 August 1952, pp. 41f.), Memmingen 1965.
- Ursula Guenther-Brammer: Kasimir Edschmid. Bibliographie. Darmstadt 1970.
- Kasimir Edschmid zum Gedenken. Ansprachen. Darmstadt 1971.
- Ulrike Edschmid: Wir wollen nicht mehr darüber reden. München 1999,
- Hermann Schlösser: Kasimir Edschmid. Expressionist, Reisender, Romancier. Eine Werkbiographie. Bielefeld 2007,
- "Edschmid, Kasimir", in: Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 2007, , p. 127
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