René Schickele (4 August 1883 – 31 January 1940) was a German-French writer, essayist and translator.

Biography

Schickele was born in

Obernai Obernai ( Alsatian: ''Owernah''; german: Oberehnheim) commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. Obernai is a rapidly growing city, its number of inhabitants hav ...

, Alsace, the son of a German vineyard owner and police officer and a French mother. He studied literature, history, science and philosophy in Strasbourg, Munich, Paris and Berlin. Together with

Otto Flake Otto Flake (29 October 1880, Metz – 10 November 1963) was a German writer. Early life Flake was born on 29 October 1880 in Metz. He attended high school in Colmar and studied German philology, philosophy and art history at the University of St ...

and Ernst Stadler, he published several magazines as well as poetry. His work as a writer is characterized by tension between French and German culture in

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

. After Flake's marriage to Dr. Minna Flake ended, Schickele had a daughter with Minna in 1917, Renate "Renée" Miriam Flake. After the First World War, he moved to

Badenweiler Badenweiler ( High Alemannic: ''Badewiler'') is a health resort and spa in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, historically in the Markgräflerland. It is 28 kilometers by road and rail from Basel, 10 kilomet ...

, remaining passionately committed to the understanding between Germany and France. In Badenweiler he met Annette Kolb and Emil Bizer. As early as 1932 he became aware of the risk of being arrested by the Nazis and emigrated to

Sanary-sur-Mer Sanary-sur-Mer (, literally ''Sanary on Sea''; oc, Sant Nari), popularly known as Sanary, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 16,696. Sanary-sur-Mer ...

in the South of France. He only wrote one book in French, ''Le Retour'' (1938), expressing his disappointment over the failure of reconciliation between Germany and France and establishing his painful decision for the Democratic France. He died of heart failure in

Vence Vence (; oc, Vença) is a commune set in the hills of the Alpes Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France, north of Nice and Antibes. Ecclesiastical history The first known Bishop of Vence is Sever ...

a few months before the invasion of the German army. Schickele was the grandfather of the American composer

Peter Schickele "Professor" Peter Schickele (; born July 17, 1935) is an American composer, musical educator, and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, but which he presents as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also hosted ...

. Schickele's most famous work is the novel trilogy ''Das Erbe am Rhein'' (1925–31): ''Maria Capponi'' (1925), ''Blick auf die Vogesen'' (1927) and ''Der Wolf in der Hürde'' (1931).

Works (selection)

* ''Sommernächte''. Straßburg 1902. * ''Pan. Sonnenopfer der Jugend''. Straßburg 1902. * ''Mon Repos''. Berlin, Leipzig 1905. * ''Voltaire u. seine Zeit''. Berlin, Leipzig 1905. * ''Der Ritt ins Leben''. Stuttgart, Berlin, Leipzig, 1906. * ''Der Fremde''. Berlin 1909. * ''Weiß u. Rot''. Berlin, 1910. * ''Meine Freundin Lo''. Berlin 1911. (Erweiterte Fassung 1931) * ''Schreie auf dem Boulevard''. Berlin 1913. * ''Benkal der Frauentröster''. Leipzig 1914. * ''Die Leibwache''. Leipzig 1914. * ''Mein Herz mein Land''. Leipzig 1915. * ''Das Glück''. Rudolstadt 1919. * ''Der neunte November''. Berlin 1919. * ''Die Genfer Reise''. Berlin 1919 * ''Wir wollen nicht sterben!'' München 1922. * ''Ein Erbe am Rhein''. Berlin 1925 (Späterer Titel: Maria Capponi; Band 1 von Das Erbe am Rhein). * ''Symphonie für Jazz''. Berlin 1925. * ''Blick auf die Vogesen''. Berlin 1927 (Band 2 von Das Erbe am Rhein). * ''Der Wolf in der Hürde''. Berlin 1931 (Band 3 von Das Erbe am Rhein) * ''Die Witwe Bosca''. Berlin 1933. * ''Liebe und Ärgernis des D. H. Lawrence''. 1935 * ''Die Flaschenpost''. Amsterdam 1936. * ''Le Retour''. 1938. * ''Werke in 3 Bänden'', herausgegeben von Hermann Kesten. Köln, Berlin 1959. * ''Überwindung der Grenze''. Essays zur deutsch-französischen Verständigung. Herausgegeben von Adrien Finck. Kehl, Straßburg, Basel 1987. * ''Großstadtvolk Jahr'': k.A.

Literature

* Friedrich Bentmann (Hrsg.): ''René Schickele. Leben und Werk in Dokumenten''. 2. Aufl. Carl-Verlag, Nürnberg 1976, . * Albert M. Debrunner: ''Freunde es war eine elende Zeit! René Schickele in der Schweiz 1915–1919''. Huber, Frauenfeld 2004, . *

Hanns Heinz Ewers Hanns Heinz Ewers (3 November 1871 – 12 June 1943) was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilo ...

, Victor Hadwiger,

Erich Mühsam Erich Mühsam (6 April 1878 – 10 July 1934) was a German-Jewish antimilitarist anarchist essayist, poet and playwright. He emerged at the end of World War I as one of the leading agitators for a federated Bavarian Soviet Republic, for which h ...

, René Schickele: ''Führer durch die moderne Literatur. 300 Würdigungen der hervorragendsten Schriftsteller unserer Zeit''. Revonnah Verlag, Hannover 2006, (korrigierter und kommentierter Neudruck der Erstausgabe erlin 1906von Arne Glusgold Drews und Danielle Winter). * ''Jahre des Unmuts. Thomas Manns Briefwechsel mit René Schickele 1930–1940'', hrsg. von Hans Wysling und Cornelia Bernini, Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1992, * Annemarie Post-Martens (Hrsg): ''Rene Schickele. Die blauen Hefte. Edition und Kommentar'' ("Edition Text"; 5). Stroemfeld Verlag, Frankfurt/M. 2002, (2 Bde.). * Holger Seubert: ''Deutsch-französische Verständigung: René Schickele''. Verlag Eberhard, München 1993, . * Hans Wagener: ''Rene Schickele. Europäer in neun Monaten''. Bleicher, Gerlingen 2000, .

References

External links

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René Schickele im Zentralen Verzeichnis digitalisierter Drucke (zvdd)
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René-Schickele-Gesellschaft

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schickele, Rene 1883 births 1940 deaths People from Obernai People from Alsace-Lorraine Writers from Grand Est French male writers German male writers French writers in German Exilliteratur writers Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin 20th-century French male writers