Georg Zivier Explained
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 .[1] After studying in Greifswald and Berlin, he worked as a writer and journalist. In 1937, Zivier was expelled from the 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 .[5] [6]
Zivier died in Berlin at the age of 77.
Work
- Harmonie und Ekstase: Mary Wigman (1956)
- Komödianten und fahrende Poeten (1956)
- Ernst Deutsch und das Deutsche Theater (1964)
- Das Romanische Café. Erscheinungen und Randerscheinungen rund um die Gedächtniskirche (1965)
- Berlin und der Tanz (1968)
- Deutschland und seine Juden (1971)
Further reading
- Walter Tetzlaff: 2000 Kurzbiographien bedeutender deutscher Juden des 20. Jahrhunderts. Askania, Lindhorst 1982,
External links
Notes and References
- Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie. 2nd edition (Rudolf Vierhaus, ed.), vol. 10, K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich 2008, .
- [Wolfgang Kessler (Historian)|Wolfgang Kessler]
- https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2666338 Kabarett mit K
- Susanne Grebner: Der Telegraf. Entstehung einer SPD-nahen Lizenzzeitung in Berlin 1946 bis 1950. LIT Verlag, Berlin/Hamburg/Münster 2002, .
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140201230817/http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/pdf.php?url=ha%2F1972%2Fpdf%2F19720211.pdf%2FASV_HAB_19720211_HA_029.pdf Hamburger Abendblatt, 11 February 1972
- 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