biography
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Zech, Paul
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pseudonyms Paul Robert, Timm Borah
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pronunciation:
[tsekh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1881–1946)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Briesen, Poland. He studied in Bonn, Heidelberg, and Zurich, first worked as a miner in the Ruhr, then lived in Berlin working as a playwright and librarian until arrested by the Nazis. He emigrated in 1934. An Expressionist, he wrote poetry which shows a strict adherence to form, and plays in which he focuses on the crushingly tedious world of the industrial worker. His major works include the novel Kinder von Paraná (1952), and also notable are his numerous translations of French literature. |
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