Franz Jung

Born in 1888 in Neisse, then in Germany, he became known as a German writer, journalist, economist, and political activist. He was part of the radical artistic and political worlds that surrounded Expressionism and Dada, and his work often drew on the turbulence of the Weimar era.

His life reached far beyond the usual literary path. Alongside writing fiction, essays, and memoir, he was involved in revolutionary politics and spent periods in prison and exile. That mix of firsthand experience and sharp observation gave his writing an unusually direct, unsettled energy.

He died in 1963 in Stuttgart. Today he is remembered not only for his books, but also for the way his career connected experimental literature with the upheavals of 20th-century European history.