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Die Tochter
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First published October 1, 1943
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Bruno Frank
69 books2 followersBruno Frank (June 13, 1887 – June 20, 1945) was a German author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and humanist.
Frank was born in Stuttgart. He studied law and philosophy in Munich, where he later worked as a dramatist and novelist until the Reichstag fire in 1933. Persecuted by the government because of his Jewish heritage, he left Nazi Germany with his wife, Liesl, daughter of famed Jewish operetta diva Fritzi Massary and Count Karl Coudenhove. They lived for four years in Austria and England, before emigrating in 1937 to the United States, where he was reunited with his friends Heinrich Mann and Thomas Mann. Frank is considered part of the group of anti-Nazi writers whose works constitute German Exilliteratur. He continued to write, producing two novels, and worked in the film industry for the rest of his life.
Frank wrote the screenplay for the popular movie version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film), directed by William Dieterle and starring Charles Laughton, based on the novel by Victor Hugo. Frank's play, Sturm im Wasserglas, was filmed in Great Britain, in 1937, as Storm in a Teacup, and posthumously made into a movie directed by Josef von Báky in 1960.
His nephew Anthony M. Frank became United States Postmaster General in 1988.
Frank died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Frank was born in Stuttgart. He studied law and philosophy in Munich, where he later worked as a dramatist and novelist until the Reichstag fire in 1933. Persecuted by the government because of his Jewish heritage, he left Nazi Germany with his wife, Liesl, daughter of famed Jewish operetta diva Fritzi Massary and Count Karl Coudenhove. They lived for four years in Austria and England, before emigrating in 1937 to the United States, where he was reunited with his friends Heinrich Mann and Thomas Mann. Frank is considered part of the group of anti-Nazi writers whose works constitute German Exilliteratur. He continued to write, producing two novels, and worked in the film industry for the rest of his life.
Frank wrote the screenplay for the popular movie version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film), directed by William Dieterle and starring Charles Laughton, based on the novel by Victor Hugo. Frank's play, Sturm im Wasserglas, was filmed in Great Britain, in 1937, as Storm in a Teacup, and posthumously made into a movie directed by Josef von Báky in 1960.
His nephew Anthony M. Frank became United States Postmaster General in 1988.
Frank died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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June 12, 2013
This novel was written during WWII in exile by an author whose works were among those burned by the nazis in the book burnings of May 10, 1933. Bruno Frank left Germany the following day never to return. In "One Fair Daughter" Frank accomplishes what Harriet Beecher Stow did in "Uncle tom's Cabin" which is to give the reader eyes from which to view prejudice first hand.
The events take place in Poland leading up to and including the nazi invasion of September 1, 1939. This novel, published less than four years later, gave readers a remarkable and unforgettable view into the lives of those in the teeth of the terror.
The writing is terrific especially given that this man was also a poet, a writer who made use of every nuance in the German language and now had to write a book he knew would be read primarily in translation. His character in the book touches on this and how the challenge then becomes for the writer to have characters, themes and symbols that transcend into all human experience.
The translation is by Claire Trask who succeeds wonderfully. Many English translations of exilliteratur authors were done by H.T. Lowe Porter. This was an important service but I find the translation of Trask to be much better.
This novel was incorrectly listed on Goodreads as "One Far Daughter".
The events take place in Poland leading up to and including the nazi invasion of September 1, 1939. This novel, published less than four years later, gave readers a remarkable and unforgettable view into the lives of those in the teeth of the terror.
The writing is terrific especially given that this man was also a poet, a writer who made use of every nuance in the German language and now had to write a book he knew would be read primarily in translation. His character in the book touches on this and how the challenge then becomes for the writer to have characters, themes and symbols that transcend into all human experience.
The translation is by Claire Trask who succeeds wonderfully. Many English translations of exilliteratur authors were done by H.T. Lowe Porter. This was an important service but I find the translation of Trask to be much better.
This novel was incorrectly listed on Goodreads as "One Far Daughter".
May 28, 2013
Properly titled One Fair Daughter, this novel was written during WWII in exile by an author whose works were among those burned in the kristallnacht fires of early nazi Germany. Bruno Frank accomplishes what Harriet Beecher Stow did which is to give the reader eyes from which to view prejudice first hand.
The writing is terrific especially given that this man was also a poet, a writer who made use of every nuance in the German language and now had to write a book he knew would be read primarily in translation. His character in the book touches on this and how the challenge then becomes for the writer to have characters, themes and symbols that transcend into all human experience.
Disclaimer, this author was my great Uncle, although I never met him.
The writing is terrific especially given that this man was also a poet, a writer who made use of every nuance in the German language and now had to write a book he knew would be read primarily in translation. His character in the book touches on this and how the challenge then becomes for the writer to have characters, themes and symbols that transcend into all human experience.
Disclaimer, this author was my great Uncle, although I never met him.
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