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Anton Fendrich
1868–1949
A journalist, novelist, and former Social Democratic politician, he wrote with equal energy about public life, the outdoors, and the culture of Baden. His work ranges from political commentary to popular books on walking, skiing, and mountain life.
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Der Wanderer
by Anton Fendrich
About the author
Anton Fendrich was born in Offenburg on April 8, 1868, and died in Freiburg im Breisgau on January 6, 1949. He worked as a German writer, editor, and at one point a politician, beginning his career in newspapers linked to the Social Democratic movement in Baden.
After studying economics in Zurich without completing a degree, he became an editor for several SPD newspapers and served in the second chamber of the Badischer Landtag from 1898 to 1902. He later stepped away from active politics and turned more fully toward literature, journalism, and cultural writing.
Fendrich became known for a wide-ranging body of work that included political books, memoir-like writing, and especially nature and travel titles such as Der Alpinist and Der Skiläufer. He also wrote about his home region of Baden, and late in life he received the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis in 1946. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the page images available during this search.