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Benno Reifenberg

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Benno Reifenberg

Aliases: Benno Carl Reifenberg
Pen Names: Florestan（Pseudonym）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1892-07-16 （Oberkassel (Bonn)）
Died
1970-02-09 （Kronberg im Taunus） age 77
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Residence History
Bonn → Paris → Frankfurt

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Art critic, Writer, Publizist
Active Years
1919-1970
Affiliations
Frankfurter Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Memberships
Member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung

Awards

Großes Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
1952
Organization: Federal Republic of Germany
Result: 受賞
Goethe-Plakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
1957
Organization: City of Frankfurt am Main
Result: 受賞
Goethepreis der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
1964
Organization: City of Frankfurt am Main
Result: 受賞
Ehrenplakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
1967
Organization: City of Frankfurt am Main
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Max Beckmann

1949 Art criticism

Biography of Max Beckmann co-authored with Wilhelm Hausenstein.

ArtExpressionism

Landschaften und Gesichter

1973 Essays

Collection of essays on landscapes and faces.

LandscapesPortraits

Das Einzigartige von Frankfurt

1979 Selected writings

Selected writings edited by Helga Hummerich.

FrankfurtCulture

Die großen Deutschen

1956 Biographical collection

5-volume collection of great Germans edited with Theodor Heuss and Hermann Heimpel.

German historyBiographies

Legacy

Known as editor of Frankfurter Zeitung, resisted Nazis, involved in founding Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung post-war. Recipient of Goethe Prize for contributions to literature and culture.

Archives

  • Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach

Trivia

  • Mother was Dutch.
  • Son Jan Reifenberg was also a journalist.