Reinhold Schneider (

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, May 13, 1903 –

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, April 6, 1958) was a German poet who also wrote novels. Initially his works were less religious, but later his poetry had a Christian and specifically Catholic influence. His first works included ones about

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and Portugal. He had written anti-war poems, which were banned in

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.The Sonnet in World War II, pg 5
/ref> ''Las Casas'' (1938) had analysed the ways Christians should respond to state oppression, and had criticised Nazi persecution and anti-Semitism; this led to the ban on publishing his works. During the war associates of Schneider were in the ' Kreisau Circle' and the 'Freiburger Konzil' which had links with anti-Nazi resistance. His works were still published in Karl Ludwig Freiherr von und zu Guttenbergs journal ''White Papers'' and "underground", and tracts were distributed to soldiers at the front. Though he was accused of treason by authoring defeatist literature, the war ended before he could be tried.

Works

* ''Apokalypse'' (1946): an anthology of sonnets. * ''Begegnung und Bekenntnis. Literarische Essays'' (1963) * ''Briefe an einen Freund. Mit Erinnerungen von Otto Heuschele'' * ''Briefwechsel/Reinhold Schneider, Leopold Zeigler'' (1960) * ''Das Inselreich'' (1936) * ''Das Leiden des Camões'' (1930) * ''Der große Verzicht'' (1950): drama. * ''Die Hohenzollern. Tragik und Königtum'' (1933) * ''Die Tarnkappe'' (1951): drama. * ''Innozenz und Franziskus'' (1952): drama. * ' (1938) * ''Pfeiler im Strom'' (1958) * ''Philipp der Zweite'' (1931) * ''Tagebuch: 1930-1935'' * ''Über Dichter und Dichtung'' (1953) * ''Verhüllter Tag, Bekenntnis eines Lebens'' (1954) * ''Verpflichtung und Liebe'' (1964) * ''Winter in Wien'' (1958): a diary account of Schneider's stay in Vienna during 1957.

Awards

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(1956) *

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(Friedensklasse) (1952) *Honorary doctorates bestowed by the

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and the

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(1946/47) *Droste-Preis (1948) *Longfellow-Preis (1948)

External links

German Literature Companion: Reinhold Schneider

References

1903 births 1958 deaths Christian poets Christian novelists German Catholic poets German anti-fascists German resistance members 20th-century German novelists 20th-century German poets German male poets German male novelists Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) 20th-century German male writers Roman Catholics in the German Resistance {{Germany-novelist-stub