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Max Kommerell

German literary historian, writer and translator (1902-1944) · Writers · Died at 42

Max Kommerell was a German literary historian, writer, and poet. A member of the Stefan George circle from 1921 to 1930, Kommerell was a prominent literary critic associated with the Conservative Revolutionary movement in the Weimar Republic and subsequently a leading intellectual in Nazi Germany and a member of the...

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A member of the Stefan George circle from 1921 to 1930, Kommerell was a prominent literary critic associated with the Conservative Revolutionary movement in the Weimar Republic and subsequently a leading intellectual in Nazi Germany and a member of the Nazi Party from 1941, though one of his works was banned by the Nazi government in 1943.

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1944 · aged 42