Carl Seelig

Carl Seelig ( born May 11, 1894 in Zurich, † February 15, 1962 ) was a German- Swiss writer and patron. Best known he was as a friend, promoter and guardian of Robert Walser and the first biographer of Albert Einstein.

Life

The son of a wealthy family was active early literary. Through his work as editor of several anthologies and a silent partner in the Viennese publishing EPTal & Co, he entered into contact with many German writers and proved especially from 1933 as more empathetic and sensitive friend in need. Seelig's own production was enormously rich and varied: they range from poetry and folk song collections to participate in Albert Einstein My worldview. An International Overview of the Library noted 163 published works Seelig in 294 publications and 13 languages.

From Seelig's selfless commitment evidenced by numerous correspondences of his estate. Correspondents were, among others, Max Brod, Hans Henny Jahnn, Alfred Polgar and Joseph Roth. Seelig also maintained close contacts with Swiss authors.

The manuscript of his extensive estate around 6000 pieces is kept as a long -term deposit at the Swiss Literary Archives.

Works (selection)

As the author

  • Walks with Robert Walser. Tschudy. St. Gallen 1957; Suhrkamp ( Bibliothek Suhrkamp 554), Frankfurt am Main, 12 A. 2009, ISBN 978-3-518-01554-4
  • Albert Einstein and Switzerland. Europe, Zurich 1952; 3rd revised edition as: Albert Einstein. Life and work of a genius of our time. Europe, Zurich 1960

As editor

  • The day is breaking. New poems by Waldemar Bonsels, Martin Buber, Hermann Hesse, Stefan Zweig, inter alia, The Garden of Eden, Dortmund 1921
  • The new Wunderhorn. German folk songs. Fire, Leipzig 1924
  • The Jahreszeyten in the mirror of Swiss folk sayings. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1925
  • Novalis: Collected Works. 5 volumes. Buhl, Herrliberg 1945/46,
  • Robert Walser: Seals in prose. 5 volumes. Kossodo, Geneva / Holle, Darmstadt 1953-61
  • Albert Einstein: Mein Weltbild. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt am Main 1955; Reprint ibid. 2005, ISBN 3-548-36728-3
  • Bright Time - Dark time. In memory of Albert Einstein. Europe, Zurich 1956; Vieweg, Braunschweig, 1986, ISBN 3-528-08934-2
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