Hans Sahl (born Hans Salomon, 20 May 1902 in Dresden – 27 April 1993 in Tübingen) was a poet, critic, and novelist who began during the Weimar Republic. He came from an affluent Jewish background, but like many such German Jews he fled Germany due to the Nazis. First to Czechoslovakia in 1933, then to Switzerland, and then France. In France he was interned along with Walter Benjamin. He would later flee Marseille and work with Varian Fry to help other artists or intellectuals fleeing Nazism. From 1941, he lived in New York. In 1952, Sahl became an American citizen. He became known as one of the anti-fascist exiles and in the US translated Arthur Miller, Thornton Wilder, and Tennessee Williams into German. In 1989, he returned to Germany.
Awards
- 1962 Member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
- 1982 Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1984 Andreas Gryphius Prize
- 1991 Goethe Medal
- 1993 Carl Zuckmayer Medal
- 1993 Lessing Prize of the Free State of Saxony
References
- Linder, Christian (6 July 2018). "25. Todestag – Der Exilschriftsteller Hans Sahl". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Schmitz, Michaela (27 April 2008). "Wir sind noch einmal davongekommen". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- Hench, J.B. (2010). Books as Weapons: Propaganda, Publishing, and the Battle for Global Markets in the Era of World War II. Cornell University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-8014-4891-1. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- Wüthrich, Werner (4 December 2021). "Hans Sahl – Theaterlexikon". Theaterlexikon (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- Glad, J.; Duke University; Wheatland Foundation (1990). Literature in Exile. Duke University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-8223-0987-1. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Günther, Dagmar (19 August 2008). "Wir sind die Letzten. Fragt uns aus. Wir sind zuständig". Vorwärts (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- "Hans Sahl: Die Gedichte". BücherTreff.de (in German). 24 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Sahl, Hans". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
External links
Media related to Hans Sahl at Wikimedia Commons
- German literary critics
- German film critics
- Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to France
- Writers from Dresden
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1902 births
- 1993 deaths
- 20th-century German poets
- German male poets
- 20th-century German male writers
- German male non-fiction writers