Stefan Andres Explained

Stefan Andres
Birth Date:26 June 1906
Birth Place:Dhrönchen, Trittenheim, Germany
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Occupation:Novelist

Stefan Paul Andres (26 June 1906  - 29 June 1970) was a German novelist.

As the Nazi regime flexed its power, Andres moved away to Italy in 1937, returning to Germany 13 years later. [1] He was a widely read German writer in the post-World War II period. His most famous works are the novellas El Greco Paints the Grand Inquisitor (1936) and We Are Utopia (1942).[2]

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.[3]

Works

*indicates a work that has been translated into English

References

Notes

  1. News: 1970-07-31 . STEFAN ANDRES, 64, GERMAN NOVELIST . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-11-14 . 0362-4331.
  2. Book: Klapper, John . 2015 . Stefan Andres: The Christian Humanist Response to Tyranny . Nonconformist Writing in Nazi Germany: The Literature of Inner Emigration . Boydell and Brewer . 143–176 . 10.1515/9781782045625-009 . 978-1-78204-562-5 .
  3. Web site: Nomination Database. www.nobelprize.org. 2017-04-19.