- Ludwig Derleth
Ludwig Derleth (*
3 November 1870 inGerolzhofen ; †13 January 1948 inSan Pietro de Stabio , Switzerland) was a German writer.After studying
philosophy andliterature Derleth worked as a college level teacher of ancient languages. While living inMunich he became part of theStefan George entourage and also the "Kosmischen Runde" ofAlfred Schuler andLudwig Klages . In later years he made his living as a free-lance writer inRome ,Basel , Perchtolfsdorf outsideVienna and, from 1935, inTicino where he died in 1948.Work
He published his first poems in George's "Blättern für die Kunst" and in the
Jugend magazine "Pan". In 1904 he published his "Proclamations" for a reformed and reorganizedCatholicism . Derleth spent 40 years completing his major work "Der fränkische Koran". He may have served as a model forThomas Mann 's 1904 novel "At the Prophet's".Other works: "Seraphinische Hochzeit" (1939) and "Der Tod des Thanatos" (1945).
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