Otto Flake (29 October 1880,

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– 10 November 1963) was a German writer.

Early life

Flake was born on 29 October 1880 in

. He attended high school in

Colmar Colmar (; ; or ) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Alsace region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department ...

and studied German philology, philosophy and art history at the

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Career

Flake has an extensive

œuvre Oeuvre(s) or Œuvre(s) may refer to: * A work of art; or, more commonly, the body of work of a creator Books * ''L'Œuvre'', a novel by Émile Zola * ''Œuvres'', a work by Emil Cioran * ''Œuvres'', a work by Auguste Brizeux * ''Oeuvres'', a wo ...

that includes two volumes of fairy tales that rework traditional folk-tale characters and beliefs.

Personal life

Grabmal Otto Flake - Hauptfriedhof Baden-Baden IMGP0124

Flake was married five times, including to German doctor and socialist

Minna Flake Margareta "Minna" Flake (née Mai; November 27, 1886 – February 12, 1958) was a German born physician and socialist who fled Germany during World War II and settled in New York City. Early life Margareta Mai was born on November 27, 1886, in W� ...

, with whom he had a son, Thomas Flake, who was born in 1908, and twice to the mother of his daughter, Eva Maria (

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Flake in 1921) Seveno. He died on 10 November 1963 in

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

, where he was buried.

References

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* * 1880 births 1963 deaths Writers from Metz People from Alsace-Lorraine German-language writers German male writers Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung {{Germany-writer-stub