Ludwig Renn

Ludwig Renn
Ludwig Renn in 1954
Born
Arnold Friedrich Vieth von Golßenau

(1889-04-22)22 April 1889
Dresden, German Empire
Died21 July 1979(1979-07-21) (aged 90)
East Berlin, German Democratic Republic
Resting placeZentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
NationalityGerman
OccupationAuthor
Political partySocialist Unity Party (1947–)
Communist Party of Germany (1928–1947)
Military Service
AllegianceSpain Second Spanish Republic
German Empire German Empire
Service / branchSpanish Republican Army
Imperial German Army
Years of service1936–1937
1911–1918
Unit
Battles / wars

Ludwig Renn (born Arnold Friedrich Vieth von Golßenau; 22 April 1889 – 21 July 1979) was a German author. Born a Saxon nobleman, he later became a committed communist and lived in East Berlin.[1]

  1. ^ Oxford Companion to German Literature, ed. Henry and Mary Garland. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1986) ISBN 0-19-866139-8 pp. 740-741