About Ernst Kamnitzer
Lived 1885 – 1946 (aged 60). Ernst Kamnitzer was a German playwright, editor, jurist and writer.
Ernst Kamnitzer (20 December 1885 – 10 October 1946) was a German dramatist, publisher, and jurist.
Works (selected) Der einsame Weg. (The Only Way) Comedy. Haupt & Hammon, Leipzig 1909. Der gestohlene Tod. (The Stolen Death) Haupt & Hammon, Leipzig 1909. Die Nadel (The Needle). Comedy in 3 acts following a draft by Carl Sternheim. S. Fischer, Berlin 1915. Aiaia: Spiel in 3 Akten. Nierendorf, Berlin 1928.
Publisher Silvio Pellico: Mein Leben in Gefängnissen. (My Life in Prison) Theatiner-Verlag, München 1924. With Hermann Bahr: Die Werke von Alessandro Manzoni. (The Works of Alessandro Manzoni) 12 Bde. Theatiner-Verlag, München 1923 ff. Novalis: Sämtliche Werke. 4 Bde. Rösl & Cie., München 1923 f. Novalis: Fragmente. W. Jess, Dresden 1928. Der Londoner verlorene Sohn, translation of The London Prodigal by Ludwig Tieck with the original attributed to Shakespeare. Edited by Kamnitzer. Bühnenvolksbundverlag, Berlin 1928.
Literature Kamnitzer, Ernst, in: Salomon Wininger: Große jüdische National-Biographie. Band 7. Czernowitz 1936, S. 150. Kamnitzer, Ernst, in: Joseph Walk (Hrsg.): Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918–1945. München: Saur 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4, S. 182.
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(1885-1946)
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Ernst Kamnitzer was born on 20 December 1885 in Olsztyn.
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Ernst Kamnitzer died on 10 October 1946 in Fribourg.
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Ernst Kamnitzer was a playwright, editor, jurist and writer.
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Ernst Kamnitzer was German.
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