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Julius Maria Becker
1887–1949
A German poet, playwright, and author from Aschaffenburg, he became known well beyond his hometown for lyrical writing and drama. His work and life were shaped by the years between the world wars, giving his writing a strong sense of place and era.
1 Audiobook
Gedichte
by Julius Maria Becker
About the author
Born in Aschaffenburg on March 29, 1887, Julius Maria Becker was a German author, dramatist, and lyric poet. Biographical sources agree that he spent both the beginning and the end of his life in Aschaffenburg, where he died in 1949.
Contemporary and archival references describe him as more than a poet alone: he was also active as a speaker and journalist, and local historical sources note that he trained and worked as a teacher before military service during the First World War. He was already known beyond his region as a writer when his station drama Das letzte Gericht brought him especially wide attention in 1918.
Becker is often remembered as a writer closely tied to Franconia and to his hometown, but the record also shows a broader literary presence through his poetry and plays. For listeners coming to his work today, that mix of local rootedness and larger historical feeling is part of what makes him interesting.