Maximilian Kronberger
Illustration — Maximilian Kronberger Maximilian Kronberger, known familiarly as Maximin (April 15, 1888 – April 16, 1904), was a German poet and a significant figure in the literary circle of Stefan George (the so‑called George‑Kreis). Maximin came to the attention of Stefan George in Munich in 1903 (according to some sources, in March 1902; others cite 1901 as the date of their original meeting); he died unexpectedly of meningitis the following year, on the day after his 16th birthday. Thirty-three of Kronberger's poems are included in the posthumously published collective volume, Maximin: Ein Gedenkbuch (now a rare book).
Maximilian Kronberger
Stefan George Stiftung, Georg Peter Landmann (Hrsg.): Gedichte-Tagebücher-Briefe, Stuttgart 1987, S. 5 · Public domain
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Illustration — Maximilian Kronberger Maximilian Kronberger, known familiarly as Maximin (April 15, 1888 – April 16, 1904), was a German poet and a significant figure in the literary circle of Stefan George (the so‑called George‑Kreis). Maximin came to the attention of Stefan George in Munich in 1903 (according to some sources, in March 1902; others cite 1901 as the date of their original meeting); he died unexpectedly of meningitis the following year, on the day after his 16th birthday. Thirty-three of Kronberger's poems are included in the posthumously published collective volume, Maximin: Ein Gedenkbuch (now a rare book).
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Maximilian Kronberger was born at Berlin.
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• Maximilian Kronberger, Gedichte, Tagebücher, Briefe, ed. Georg Peter Landmann, Stefan-George-Stiftung (Stuttgart, Klett‑Cotta, 1987). • Maximilian Kronberger, Maximilian Kronberger: Nachlass (Zurich, Bürdeke, 1937).
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• Claus-Artur Scheier, 'Maximins Lichtung: Philosophische Bemerkungen zu Georges Gott', George‑Jahrbuch (Tübingen), No. 1 (1996/1997), pp. 80–106. • Andreas Martin Mauz, 'Gedicht und Gebet: Aspekte einer Familienähnlichkeit', unpublished M.A. dissertation, University of Basle, 2001. • Robert E. Norton, Secret Germany: Stefan George and his Circle (Ithaca, New York, Cornell University Press, 2002).
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