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Kasimir Edschmid

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German writer (1890-1966)

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Kasimir Edschmid, born Eduard Hermann Wilhelm Schmid, 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. He was a very prolific author, known especially for travel writing.

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Awards 4

1960Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1957Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt
1955Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1955Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen

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Kasimir Edschmid, born Eduard Hermann Wilhelm Schmid, 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. 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. After the war he became a prominent figure in West Germany's literary establishment.

Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1966 · aged 75
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13 languages

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