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1873–1938
A German writer and editor linked to early 20th-century literary modernism, he helped shape the influential journal Charon while also publishing poetry, fiction, and essays of his own. His work places him in the lively world of German-language literature before the Second World War.

by Otto Zur Linde
Born in 1873 and dying in 1938, he was active as a German author, poet, and editor during a period of major change in European literature. He is especially associated with Charon, an important literary journal that connected him with other writers and intellectual currents of the time.
Alongside his editorial work, he published his own writing across several forms, including poetry and prose. That mix of creative and publishing work makes him notable not only for what he wrote himself, but also for the literary conversations he helped bring into print.
Although he is not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, his name still appears in reference works, archives, and the history of German modernist magazines. For listeners interested in overlooked literary figures, he offers a glimpse into the networks and ideas that shaped German literature in the early 1900s.