Rudolf Alexander Schröder (26 January 1878 – 22 August 1962) was a German translator and poet. In 1962 he was awarded the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung. He was nominated for the

Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in ...

five times.

Career

Much of his work is

Christian poetry Christian poetry is any poetry that contains Christian teachings, themes, or references. The influence of Christianity on poetry has been great in any area that Christianity has taken hold. Christian poems often directly reference the Bible, whil ...

. He was a member of the

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which resisted

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. Furthermore, Schröder wrote the poem "

Hymne an Deutschland The Hymne an Deutschland (Hymn to Germany) is a patriotic song which the then-President of Germany, president of West Germany, Theodor Heuss, aspired to establish as the new national anthem of Germany. During the early 1950s prior to the adoption ...

" which the then

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of the

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, wanted to establish as new

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* 1878 births 1962 deaths 20th-century German poets German translators German Christians German male poets Lutheran poets Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) German male non-fiction writers Translators of Virgil {{Germany-translator-stub