Rudolf Alexander Schröder
German writer, translator, poet, architect, and painter
About Rudolf Alexander Schröder
Lived 1878 – 1962 (aged 84). Rudolf Alexander Schröder was a German linguist, poet, translator, painter, writer and architect.
Rudolf Alexander Schröder (26 January 1878 – 22 August 1962) was a German translator and poet. In 1962 he was awarded the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
Career Much of his work is Christian poetry. He was a member of the Confessing Church which resisted Nazi Germany. Furthermore, Schröder wrote the poem "Hymne an Deutschland" which the then president of the Federal Republic of Germany, Theodor Heuss, wanted to establish as new national anthem.
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German writer, translator, poet, architect, and painter (1878-1962)
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Rudolf Alexander Schröder was born on 26 January 1878 in Bremen.
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Rudolf Alexander Schröder died on 22 August 1962 in Bad Wiessee.
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Rudolf Alexander Schröder was a linguist, poet, translator, painter, writer and architect.
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Rudolf Alexander Schröder was German.
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