1. Ludwig Benjamin Derleth was a German writer and poet, best known for his highly-stylized and anti-humanistic writings on spirituality and Christianity.
11 Facts About Ludwig Derleth
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Ludwig Derleth had a younger sister named Anna Maria, with whom he lived as a semi-recluse for his entire life.
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Ludwig Derleth spent his youth in Stadtprozelten, Bischofsheim, Munnerstadt, and Nuremberg.
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Ludwig Derleth was the subject of verses in two cyclical poems by George: his 1907 Der Siebenten Ring, and his 1914 Der Stern des Bundes.
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Ludwig Derleth came into contact with the sculptor Georg Kolbe in Paris, and the latter began a short-lived romantic relationship with Ludwig Derleth's sister Anna-Maria.
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In later years, Ludwig Derleth made his living as a freelance writer in Rome, Basel, and Perchtoldsdorf.
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Ludwig Derleth's archives are now held at the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach.
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From 1896 to 1910, Ludwig Derleth published his first poems in the Berlin-based arts magazine Pan and in Stefan George's Blatter fur die Kunst.
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Ludwig Derleth maintained friendships with Jewish peers like the playwright Lilith Bellenson.
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Ludwig Derleth spent 40 years completing his major work, Der frankische Koran, a multi-volume documentation of Ludwig Derleth's own spiritual and religious journey.
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Der Tod des Thanatos, completed towards the end of Ludwig Derleth's life, is largely a meditation on sin, war, and violence incorporating Biblical themes.