Kurt Held

German writer (1897-1959) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 62

Kurt Kläber, known under the pen name Kurt Held, was a German-Swiss communist activist and writer of proletarian and children's literature. He is best known for the 1941 novel The Outsiders of Uskoken Castle.

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