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Leo Matthias
1893–1970
A German journalist and travel writer, he brought a restless, international life to his books and reportage. Writing also as L. L. Matthias, he is especially remembered for sharp, observant works shaped by years of exile and travel.
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Der jüngste Tag: Ein groteskes Spiel
by Leo Matthias
About the author
Born in Berlin on January 16, 1893, he studied law, sociology, and economics in Munich, Geneva, Paris, and Berlin before becoming active in the literary world around German Expressionism. He later wrote under the names Leo Matthias, Leo Lawrence Matthias, and L. L. Matthias.
After leaving Germany in 1933, he lived in several countries including Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, the United States, and later Switzerland. That wide experience fed his work as a journalist and travel writer, giving his books an outward-looking, often worldly perspective.
He died in Ascona, Switzerland, on September 8, 1970. Reliable basic biographical sources confirm him as a German journalist and travel author, but I could not confidently verify a suitable portrait image from the sources I found.