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Curt Moreck
1888–1957
Best remembered for his vivid guide to Weimar-era Berlin, this German writer and translator explored city life, culture, and sexuality with unusual directness. Writing under the name Curt Moreck, he became a distinctive voice of the 1920s and early 1930s.
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Alaeddin und die Wunderlampe aus Tausend und eine Nacht
by Curt Moreck
About the author
Born in Cologne in 1888, Curt Moreck was one of the many pen names used by the German writer Konrad Haemmerling. He worked as a writer, translator, and editor, and his books ranged widely across fiction, cultural commentary, and studies of social life.
He is especially associated with Führer durch das "lasterhafte" Berlin, a famously sharp-eyed portrait of Berlin's nightlife and erotic underworld during the Weimar Republic. That book helped preserve a vivid picture of the city's cabarets, streets, and pleasures at a moment when Berlin had become a symbol of modern urban freedom.
Haemmerling died in Berlin in 1957. Although not a household name today, his work remains valuable to readers interested in German cultural history, the atmosphere of interwar Berlin, and the many ways writers used pseudonyms to move between literature, journalism, and social observation.