Stefan Paul Andres (26 June 1906 – 29 June 1970) was a German

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire ...

. He was nominated for the

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. As the Nazi regime flexed its power, Andres moved away to Italy in 1937, returning to Germany 13 years later. He was a widely read German writer in the post-

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period.

Works

* ''Bruder Lucifer'' (1932) * ''Eberhard im Kontrapunkt'' (1933) * ''Die Löwenkanzel'' (1933) * ''Die unsichtbare Mauer'' (1934) * ''Vom heiligen Pfäfflein Domenico'' (1936) * ''Utz, der Nachfahr'' (1936) * ''El Greco malt den Großinquisitor''* (1936) * ''Moselländische Novellen'' (1937) * ''Der Mann von Asteri'' (1939) * ''Das Grab des Neides'' (1940) * ''Der gefrorene Dionysos'' (1942) * ''Wir sind Utopia''* (1942) * ''Wirtshaus zur weiten Welt'' (1943) * ''Ein Herz wie man braucht'' (1946) * ''Die Söhne Platons'' (1946) * ''Die Hochzeit der Feinde'' (1947) * ''An Freund und Feind'' (1947) * ''Ritter der Gerechtigkeit'' (1948) * ''Tanz durchs Labyrinth'' (1948) * ''Das Tier aus der Tiefe'' (1949) * ''Der Granatapfel'' (1950) * ''Die Arche'' (1952) * ''Der Knabe im Brunnen'' (1953) * ''Die Rache der Schmetterlinge'' (1953) * ''Die Reise nach Portiuncula'' (1954) * ''Positana, Geschichten aus einer Stadt am Meer'' (1957) * ''Der graue Regenbogen'' (1959) * ''Die großen Weine Deutschlands'' (1961) * ''Der Mann im Fisch'' (1963) * ''Die biblische Geschichte''* (1965) * ''Der Taubenturm'' (1966) * ''Ägyptisches Tagebuch'' (1967) * ''Noah und seine Kinder'' (1968) * ''Die Dumme'' (1969) * ''Die Versuchung des Synesios'' (1970) *indicates a work that has been translated into English

References

* Furness, Raymond and Malcolm Humble (1991). ''A Companion to Twentieth Century German Literature.'' London and New York: Routledge. .

Notes

1906 births 1970 deaths People from Bernkastel-Wittlich People from the Rhine Province Writers from Rhineland-Palatinate Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 20th-century German novelists German male novelists 20th-century German male writers {{germany-writer-stub