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Ludwig Renn


Born
in Dresden, Germany
April 22, 1889

Died
July 21, 1979


Ludwig Renn (22 April 1889 in Dresden – 21 July 1979 in Berlin) was a German author. Born a Saxon nobleman, he later became a committed communist and lived in East Berlin.

Ludwig Renn was the assumed name of Arnold Vieth von Golßenau who was born into a noble Saxon family whose family seat was in Golßen (Niederlausitz). He adopted the name Ludwig Renn in 1930, after becoming a communist, renouncing his noble title and taking the name of the hero of his first successful novel, Krieg (1928). His mother, Bertha, maiden name Raspe (1867 – 1949) was the daughter of a Moscow apothecary, whilst his father, Carl Johann Vieth von Golßenau (1856 – 1938), was a teacher of mathematics and physics at the Royal Court of Saxony in Dresden. Through him, Lud
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Krieg

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Nobi

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Trini

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3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1954 — 5 editions
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Adel im Untergang

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Herniu und der blinde Asni

4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1956 — 2 editions
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Der Spanische Krieg

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Nachkrieg

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Herniu und Armin

3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1958 — 3 editions
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Camilo : eine ungewöhnliche...

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Krieg ; Nachkrieg: Zwei Romane

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