
Hans Reimann (1889–1969) was a
German
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satirist, novelist, and playwright. He wrote under the pseudonyms Max Bunge, Hans Heinrich, Artur Sünder, Hanns Heinz Vampir, and Andreas Zeltner.
Biography
Albert Johannes Reimann was born on 18 November 1889 in
Leipzig
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where he grew up. He studied German philology and art history at the Kunstakademie in
Munich
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. After serving in the German army during
World War I
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, he published the satirical journal ''Der Drache (The Dragon)'' in Leipzig from 1919 till 1921 from 1924 till 1929 the ''Stachelschwein (Porcupine)'' in Frankfurt on the Main. He worked also for the satirical ''
Simplicissimus
:''Simplicissimus is also a name for the 1668 novel ''Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus, Simplicius Simplicissimus'' and its protagonist.''
''Simplicissimus'' () was a German language, German weekly satire, satirical magazine, founded by Albert ...
'' and ''
Die Weltbühne
''Die Weltbühne'' (, ‘The World Stage’) was a German weekly magazine for politics, art and the economy. It was founded in Berlin in 1905 as (‘The Theater’) by Siegfried Jacobsohn and was originally a theater magazine only. In 1913 it ...
'' and founded the cabarets "Retorte" (in Leipzig) und "Astoria" (in Frankfurt on the Main.). He lived in
Berlin
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since 1925.
Having expressed critiques of the Nazis and planned a Hitler parody under the title ''Mein Krampf (My Cramp)'', he experienced great difficulties and was blacklisted by the Nazi regime. He wrote under several pseudonyms and also co-wrote with
Heinrich Spoerl. A secret report by
Carl Zuckmayer
Carl Zuckmayer (27 December 1896 – 18 January 1977) was a German writer and playwright. His older brother was the pedagogue, composer, conductor, and pianist Eduard Zuckmayer.
His first two dramas were failures. In 1929, he wrote the script ...
, who worked for a US agency, suggested "that Reimann published in anti-semitic journals and found ways of arranging himself with the Nazis" (a similar allegation by Moritz Lederer was in a 1958 court case judged unfounded). After the fall of the "Third Reich" in 1945, Reimann was forbidden to publish in
Allied-occupied Germany
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until 1948. Then he began writing for the Munich satirical journal ''Simpl'', moved 1951 to Schmalenbeck near
Hamburg
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and published ''Literazzia''. He died on 13 June 1969 in Schmalenbeck.
Reimann is the grandfather of the German lyricist Andreas Reimann.
Works
*1916: ''Die Dame mit den schönen Beinen'', Groteske
*1917: ''Das verbotene Buch'', Grotesken
*1917: ''Die Dinte wider das Blut'' (under the pseudonym Artur Sünder)
*1918: ''Das Paukerbuch'', Satiren
*1918: ''Tyll'', autobiographisch
*1921: ''Ewers. Ein garantiert verwahrloster Schundroman in Lumpen, Fetzchen, Mätzchen und Unterhosen von Hanns Heinz Vampir''
*1921-31: ''Sächsische Miniaturen''
*1922: ''Hedwig Courths-Mahler. Schlichte Geschichten fürs traute Heim'' (with illustrations by
George Grosz
George Grosz (; ; born Georg Ehrenfried Groß; July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Obj ...
)
*1924: ''
Der Ekel'' (gemeinsam mit
Toni Impekoven), Komödie, Erstaufführung 1926 ; richtig vermutlich "Das Ekel"
*1928: ''Komponist wider Willen'', Novel
*1928: ''Neue Sächsische Miniaturen''. Gemeinsam with
Karl Holtz (Illustrationen). Reissner, Dresden 1928.
*1929: ''Das Buch von Leipzig''
*1930: ''Das Buch von Frankfurt. Mainz/Wiesbaden''
*1931: ''Vergnügliches Handbuch der deutschen Sprache''
*1931: ''Sächsisch. Was nicht im Wörterbuch steht''
*1932: ''Quartett zu dritt'', Novel
*1933: ''Der wirkliche Knigge'', Dresden, Reissner
*1934: ''Frau ohne Herz. Theaterstück in 5 Bildern'', Berlin, Dreiklang (under the pseudonym Andreas Zeltner)
*1935: ''Mensch, mach dir's leicht! Des Wirklichen Knigge'' (2. Aufl. von ''Der wirkliche Knigge''), Dresden, Reissner
*1935: ''Motorbummel durch den Orient'', Berlin, Müller & Kiepenheuer
*1935: ''Der Strohmann'', Berlin, Dreiklang ()
*1935: ''Ein Sonntagskind. Lustspiel-Operette in 7 Bildern'', Berlin, Vertriebsstelle und Verlag Deutscher Bühnenschriftsteller und Bühnenkomponisten (Music by Karlheinz Gutheim)
*1936: ''Freut Euch des Lebens!'' (with Bruno Wellenkamp), Verlag Arbeitsfront (eine Revue für KdF)
*1936: ''Das Buch vom Kitsch'', München, Piper
*1936: ''Die Reise nach Nizza''
*1937: ''Vergnügliches Handbuch der deutschen Sprache'' (3. Aufl.), München, Piper
*1937: ''Flocco''
*1939: ''Du, hör´ mal zu! Lustiges'', Berlin, Siegismund
*1939: ''Mit 100 Jahren noch ein Kind'', Berlin, Schützen-Verlag
*1939: ''Des Teufels Phiole. Ein utoparodistischer Roman'', Berlin, Schützen-Verlag
*1940: ''Der kleine Spaßvogel'', Berlin, Curtius, 1940
*1940: ''Der Tolpatsch. Lustspiel in 3 Akten nach dem Roman von Hans Ribau'', (zusammen mit Viktor de Kowa), Berlin, Ahn & Simrock
*1940: ''Du, hör´ mal zu! Lustiges'', Berlin, Siegismund (2. Aufl.),in: Deutsche Soldatenbücherrei, Bd. 4]
*1940: ''Herr Knurpel. Fachsimpeleien um eine schnurrige Figur'', Leipzig, Wehnert & Co.
*1940: ''Mit 100 Jahren noch ein Kind'', Berlin, Schützen-Verlag (4. Aufl.)
*1940: ''Tamerlan'', Wien u. a., Ibach (with R. A. Stemmle)
*1940: ''Die Jagdhütte. Schwank'', Berlin, Ahn & Simrock, 1940 (with G. V. Otten)
*1941: ''Liebe und Gips'', Berlin, Frommhagen
*1941: ''Lachendes Feldgrau'', Bremen, Burmester
*1942: ''Vergnügliches Handbuch der deutschen Sprache'', München, Piper (4. Aufl.)
*1942: ''Hast du Töne!'', Berlin, Schützen-Verlag
*1942: ''Herr Knurpel'', Leipzig, Wehnert & Co. (11.-20.Tsd.)
*1942: ''Motorbummel durch den Orient'', Berlin, Arnold (Neuauflage)
*1942: ''Die kobaltblaue Tarnkappe'', München, Braun & Schneider
*1951: ''Hinter den Kulissen unserer Sprache'', subtitle: ''Ein heiteres Kolleg''
*1956: ''Reimann reist nach Babylon'', Aufzeichnungen
*1957: ''Der Mogelvogel'', Novel
*1959: ''Mein blaues Wunder'', Autobiography
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
* ''
Such a Rascal
''Such a Rascal'' (German: ''So ein Flegel'') is a 1934 German comedy film and starring Heinz Rühmann, Ellen Frank (actress), Ellen Frank and Annemarie Sörensen. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art ...
'' (1934, based on the novel ''
Die Feuerzangenbowle'' by
Heinrich Spoerl)
* ''Kleiner Mann – ganz groß'' (1938, based on a play by Edgar Kahn and Ludwig Bender)
* ''Der Sündenbock'' (1940)
Actor
* ''
One Hour of Happiness'' (1931), as Nachtwächter
* ''
Storms of Passion
''Storms of Passion'' (German: ''Stürme der Leidenschaft'') is a 1932 German crime film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Emil Jannings, Anna Sten and Trude Hesterberg. It is regarded as a precursor of film noir. The film was produced ...
'' (1932), as Max
* ''
Scandal in Budapest
''Scandal in Budapest'' () is a 1933 German-Hungarian comedy film, filmed in Hungary in the German language and directed by Géza von Bolváry and Istvan Szekely and starring Franciska Gaal, Werner Pledath, and Lotte Spira. It was made at Budap ...
'' (1933)
* ''Kleiner Mann – ganz groß'' (1938), as Emil Wurm
Film adaptations
*''
The Scoundrel'' (1931, based on the play ''
The Scoundrel'')
*''
The Scoundrel'' (1939, based on the play ''
The Scoundrel'')
*''
The Domestic Tyrant'' (1959, based on the play ''
The Scoundrel'')
References
*''dtv-Lexikon'', Band 15, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich, 1970
External links
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1889 births
1969 deaths
German male novelists
German male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century German novelists
20th-century German dramatists and playwrights
20th-century German male writers
German satirists
Writers from Leipzig
German male non-fiction writers