Kurt Tucholsky
Also known as Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger, Ignaz Wrobel, Paulus Bünzly, Theobald Körner
Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer (1890–1935)
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Kurt Tucholsky was a Jewish-German journalist, satirist, and writer who used sharp wit and social criticism to comment on German politics and society during the early twentieth century. His work matters because he represented a tradition of fearless political satire during a turbulent period in German history, though his life was cut short when he died in 1935.
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- Born
- 9 January 1890
- Died
- 21 December 1935
- Works
- 126
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- Gedichte, die glücklich machen
- Und Überhaupt--
- Schloss Gripsholm
- Freiheitsbaum und Guillotine - Essays aus sechs Jahrzehnten
- Panter, Tiger und andere
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Kurt Tucholsky ( German: [kʊʁt tu.ˈxɔls.ki] ; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel.
A politically engaged journalist and temporary co-editor of the weekly magazine Die Weltbühne, he was also a satirist, an author of satirical political revues, a songwriter, and a poet. He saw himself as a left-wing democrat and pacifist and warned against anti-democratic tendencies — above all in politics and the military — and the threat of Nazism. His fears were confirmed when the Nazis came to power in January 1933. In May of that year he was among the authors whose works were banned as "un-German" and burned; he was also among the first authors and intellectuals whose German citizenship was revoked.
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