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Herman Anders Krüger
1871–1945
A German man of letters with an unusually wide career, he moved between scholarship, librarianship, teaching, politics, and fiction. Writing under the pseudonym Caligula Quitte as well as his own name, he brought both academic depth and lived experience to the page.
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Kaspar Krumbholtz : Roman
by Herman Anders Krüger
About the author
Born in Dorpat (now Tartu) on August 11, 1871, Herman Anders Krüger was a German literary scholar, author, librarian, university teacher, and politician. Reliable biographical sources also note the pen name Caligula Quitte, and place his death in Neudietendorf, Thuringia, on December 10, 1945.
Krüger’s career ranged across several corners of public and literary life. He taught at the Technical University of Hanover, later worked as a librarian in Gotha, and was active in Thuringian politics with the German Democratic Party. That mix of academic work, civic engagement, and literary writing gives his work a grounded, observant quality.
He is remembered not only as a scholar of literature but also as a novelist and cultural figure shaped by German Protestant and intellectual traditions of his time. For readers today, his background helps explain why his writing can feel both reflective and closely tied to the social world around him.