About Kasimir Edschmid
Lived 1890 – 1966 (aged 75). Kasimir Edschmid was a German writer and journalist.
Kasimir Edschmid, born Eduard Hermann Wilhelm Schmid (5 October 1890 in Darmstadt – 31 August 1966 in Vulpera (Switzerland)), 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 (inner emigration). After the war he became a prominent figure in West Germany's literary establishment.
Der Liebesengel. Roman einer Leidenschaft. Novel. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1937
Italien. Gärten. Männer und Geschicke. Travel. 1937 (Italienschrift Part II)
Die Eifel. Shell map of the Eifel. Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke 2'1937 (text by K.E.)
Erika. Short story. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1938
Italien. Inseln. Römer und Cäsaren. Travel. 1939 (Italienschrift Part III)
Italien. Hirten. Helden und Jahrtausende. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1941 (Italienschrift Part IV)
Das gute Recht. Autobiographical novel. Kurt Desch, 1946
Italienische Gesänge. Poems. Darmstadt 1947
Bunte Erde. Travel. 1948
Im Diamantental. Four short stories. 1948
Schatzgräber. Short stories. 1948
Italien. Seefahrt. Palmen und Unsterblichkeit. Travel. 1948 (Italienschrift Part V)
Der Zauberfaden. Roman einer Industrie. Novel. Kurt Desch, 1949
Wenn es Rosen sind, werden sie blühen. Novel about Georg Büchner. 1950. New edition 1966 under the title Georg Büchner. Eine deutsche Revolution. Filmed in 1981
Der Bauchtanz. Exotic novellas. Kurt Desch, 1952
Das Südreich. Historical novel. 1953
Der Hauptmann und die Furt. Short story. 1953
Der Marschall und die Gnade. Novel about Simón Bolívar. 1954
Frühe Manifeste. Epochen des Expressionismus. Literary history. 1957
Drei Häuser am Meer. Novel. Kurt Desch, 1958
Drei Kronen für Rico. Novel about the Hohenstaufen. Bertelsmann, 1958
Stürme und Stille am Mittelmeer: ein Rundblick. Travel. Ullstein, 1959
Tagebuch 1958–1960. Diary. 1960
Lebendiger Expressionismus. Auseinandersetzungen. Gestalten. Erinnerungen. Literary history. 1961
Portraits und Denksteine. Essays. 1962
Briefe der Expressionisten. Literary history. 1964
Die frühen Erzählungen. Early short stories. 1965
Whisky für Algerien?. Travel. 1965
Italien. Landschaft. Geschichte. Kultur. Travel. 1968
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German writer (1890–1966)
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Kasimir Edschmid was born on 5 October 1890 in Darmstadt.
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Kasimir Edschmid died on 31 August 1966 in Tarasp.
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