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Max Dreyer
1862–1946
A German novelist and dramatist from the Baltic coast, he moved from teaching and journalism into full-time writing and became especially known for stories and plays set around the sea and its communities.
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About the author
Born in Rostock in 1862, Max Dreyer studied at the universities of Rostock and Leipzig, earned a doctorate, and first worked as a teacher. He soon left school teaching behind, spent time in journalism in Berlin, and then built a career as a freelance writer.
Dreyer wrote novels, novellas, and plays in both standard German and Low German. Sources describe him as an important literary voice of the Baltic region, with work closely tied to coastal life, local people, and northern German settings.
He died in Göhren on Rügen in 1946. Today he is remembered chiefly as a German author and dramatist whose writing helped bring the landscapes and everyday life of the Baltic shore into literature.