Georg Zivier (13 February 1897 – 19 March 1974) was a German writer, theatre critic and journalist.

Life

Born in Wrocław, Zivier was the son of the historian and writer Ezechiel Zivier [de].[1] After studying in Greifswald and Berlin, he worked as a writer and journalist. In 1937, Zivier was expelled from the Reichsschrifttumskammer [de] because of his Jewish origin and later obliged to do forced labour.[2] He nevertheless continued to write under the pseudonym "Hans Gregor" for both the Vossische Zeitung and the Berliner Tageblatt.[3]

In 1946, Arno Scholz engaged him as head of the department "cultural politics" for the Berlin Telegraf. Until 1955, he also worked for Die Neue Zeitung as a theatre critic.[4] Neben seiner journalistischen Arbeit schrieb er Erzählungen und Hörspiele. Für sein Theaterstück „Perlicke, perlacke“ erhielt er 1963 den Brüder-Grimm-Preis des Landes Berlin [de].[5][6]

Zivier died in Berlin at the age of 77.

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References

  1. ^ Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie. 2nd edition (Rudolf Vierhaus, ed.), vol. 10, K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich 2008, p. 874.
  2. ^ Wolfgang Kessler: Schöpferische Kräfte Schlesiens? Schriftsteller(innen) aus Schlesien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1955-1970. Stiftung Kulturwerk Schlesien, Würzburg 2016, p. 26 (online).
  3. ^ Kabarett mit K on nla.gov.au
  4. ^ Susanne Grebner: Der Telegraf. Entstehung einer SPD-nahen Lizenzzeitung in Berlin 1946 bis 1950. LIT Verlag, Berlin/Hamburg/Münster 2002, ISBN 3-8258-4540-0. (p. 142)
  5. ^ Hamburger Abendblatt, 11 February 1972.
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233839/http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/pdf.php?url=ha%2F1974%2Fpdf%2F19740321.pdf%2FASV_HAB_19740321_HA_019.pdf Hamburger Abendblatt, 21 March 1974

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