Ludwig Renn

Ludwig Renn (left), 1954.

Ludwig Renn (April 22, 1889 – July 21, 1979) was a German writer.

Born Arnold Friedrich Vieth von Golßenau in Dresden into a Saxon noble family, he fought in World War I on the Western Front. He wrote the book Krieg on his experiences. He was also a member of the KPD, the Communist Party of Germany, joining in 1928. In 1933, he was one of a great many prominent German communists falsely alleged by the Communist Party to have been murdered by the Nazis.

Joris Ivens (left) and Ernest Hemingway (middle) with Ludwig Renn in the Spanish Civil War 1936/37

During the Spanish Civil War, he initially defended Madrid in the German expatriate Thälmann Battalion, as a leader. Renn knew and associated with Ernest Hemmingway. Later on in the War, he was chief of staff of the XI International Brigade. Renn spoke the international language Esperanto, and was a member of the laborioust Esperanto-movement. He spoke at the 10th Berlin Esperanto-excursion.

Renn died in East Berlin in 1979.

Books

• Krieg (1928)
• Nachkrieg (1930)
• Russlandfahrten (1932)
• Vor großen Wandlungen (1936)
• Adel im Untergang (1944)
• Auf den Trümmern des Kaiserreiches (1946)
• Morelia (1950)
• Vom alten und neuen Rumänien (1952)
• Trini (1954)
• Der spanische Krieg (1955)
• Der Neger Nobi (1955)
• Herniu und der blinde Asni (1956)
• Krieg ohne Schlacht (1957)
• Meine Kindheit und Jugend (1957)
• Herniu und Armin (1958)
• Camilo (1963)
• Inflation (1963)
• Zu Fuss zum Orient (1966)
• Ausweg (1967)
• Krieger, Landsknecht und Soldat (1973)
• Anstöße in meinem Leben (1980, posthumous autobiography)

See also

• Exilliteratur

External links

• Ludwig Renn in the German National Library catalogue
• Biografie beim DHM Template:De icon
• Eintrag in der Sächsischen Biografie Template:De icon
• Ludwig Renn's Krieg / Nachkrieg Nemesis, the socialist archive for fiction Template:De icon