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Rudolf Kassner

ルドルフ・カスナー

Rudorufu Kasunā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1873-09-11 (Velké Pavlovice)
Died
1959-04-01 (Sierre, Switzerland) age 85
Nationality
Austrian
Languages
German
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Moravia → Vienna → Berlin → Sierre

Career

Occupations
Writer, Essayist, Translator, Cultural philosopher
Active Years
1897-1959
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature (13 nominations)

Education

University of Vienna
Faculty of Philosophy / German Philology, Latin, Philosophy
Degree: 博士
Period: 1892-1897
Year of Graduation: 1897
Country: Austria
Doctoral dissertation: Der ewige Jude in der Dichtung
University of Berlin
History
Period: 1895-1896
Country: Germany
Attended lectures by Heinrich von Treitschke

Awards & Nominations

Works

Translations by Author

  • Translations of William Blake

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Physiognomic worldviewEssayisticImage-oriented
Recurring Motifs
Problems of modernityDisconnectedness from time and placePhysiognomy

Health

  • Poliomyelitis
    幼少期
    Stricken as infant but traveled widely

Legacy

Nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature 13 times. Known for physiognomy addressing modernity.

Trivia

  • Despite polio as infant, traveled to North Africa, Sahara, India, Russia, Spain, Europe.
  • Isolated in Vienna during Nazi years.