Ernst Kreuder (29 August 1903 – 24 December 1972) was a German writer. He was born in Zeitz and died in Darmstadt.
Work His 1946 work The Attic Pretenders concerned a secret associations view of imagination and reality and was well received.German literature of the twentieth century by Ingo Roland Stoehr pg 244 and 308 Unica Zürn considered it to be one of her favorite books.Schofield/Sparks. "No One Reads Ernst Kreuder". Writers No One Reads. Accessed June 2015 He also wrote works like Those Who Cannot Be FoundThe Antioch review anthology: essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews ... - Page 448 and The Undiscoverables.Germany: a companion to German studies by Jethro Bithell pgs 359-360 Although his works have been described as melancholy or Kafkaesque he stated that "the literary fashion of hopeless despair must be overcome."German literature: a critical survey by Bruno Boesch pg 345
Bibliography Novels Die Gesellschaft vom Dachboden (1946) - The Attic Pretenders, trans. Robert Kee (1948) Die Unauffindbaren (1948) Herein ohne anzuklopfen (1954) Agimos, oder Die Weltgehilfen (1959) Spur unterm Wasser (1963) Hörensagen (1969) Der Mann im Bahnwärterhaus (1973)
Stories Die Nacht des Gefangenen (1939) Das Haus mit den drei Bäumen (1944) Schwebender Weg/Die Geschichte durchs Fenster (1947) Tunnel zu vermieten (1966) Luigi und der grüne Seesack und andere Erzählungen (1980) Phantom der Angst: Erzählungen (1987) Erzählungen (2013)
Other Zur literarischen Situation der Gegenwart (1951) Georg Büchner: Existenz und Sprache (1955) Sommers Einsiedelei (1956), poetry Das Unbeantwortbare: Die Aufgaben des modernen Romans (1959) Zur Umweltsituation des Dichters (1961) Dichterischer Ausdruck und literarische Technik (1963) Die Gesellschaft vom Dachboden: Erzählungen, Essays, Selbstbetrachtungen (1990)
Awards 1953 Georg Büchner Prize
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