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Rudolf Pannwitz

ルドルフ・パンヴィッツ

Rudorufu Panwitz

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1881-05-27 (Crossen/Oder)
Died
1969-03-23 (Astano) age 87
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Marburg, Berlin → Koločep (1921-1948) → Astano, Switzerland

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, philosopher
Active Years
1902-1969
Influenced By
Stefan George, Friedrich Nietzsche
Influenced
Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Education

University of Marburg
Unknown
Country: Germany

Awards

Gryphius Prize
1968
Organization: Unknown
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Die Krisis der europäischen Kultur

1917 Cultural criticism

A book on the crisis of European culture

nihilismpan-Europeanism

Prometheus

1902 Poetry

Early poetry collection

nature philosophy

Bibliography

  • Die Erziehung (1909)
  • Formenkunde der Kirche (1912)
  • Die Krisis der europäischen Kultur (1917)
  • Die deutsche Lehre (1919)
  • Grundriß einer Geschichte meiner Kultur 1886 bis 1906 (1921)
  • Kosmos Atheos (1926)
  • Die Freiheit der Menschen (1926)
  • Logos, Eidos, Bios (1930)
  • Der Ursprung und das Wesen der Geschlechter (1936)
  • Nietzsche und die Verwandlung des Menschen (1940)
  • Weg des Menschen (1942)
  • Das Weltalter und die Politik (1948)
  • Der Nihilismus und die werdende Welt (1951)
  • Nach Siebzig Jahren (1951)
  • Beiträge zu einer europäischen Kultur (1954)
  • Prometheus (1902)
  • Dionysische Tragödien (1913)
  • Mythen (1919-1921)
  • Urblick (1926)
  • Hymnen aus Widars Wiederkehr (1927)
  • König Laurin (1956)
  • Wasser wird sich ballen (1963)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
elusive and difficultphilosophical
Recurring Motifs
opposition to nihilismeternal recurrenceNietzschean re-evaluation

Legacy

German writer, poet, and philosopher known for combining nature philosophy, Nietzsche, opposition to nihilism, and pan-European internationalism

Quotes

  • Pannwitz's elusive, difficult goal may be seen as the complete re-evaluation of man, art, science and culture
    Source: Zarathustra's children

Trivia

  • Published poem in Stefan George's Blätter für die Kunst
  • Introduced to Stefan George through friend of Georg Simmel