Anton Schnack | |
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| Born | 21 July 1892 Rieneck, Lower Franconia, Bavaria |
| Died | 26 December 1973 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Novelist, Poet, Journalist |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Spouse | Maria Glöckler |
Anton Schnack (21 July 1892 – 26 September 1973) was a German writer. He joined the German Army when World War I began. He is one of the leading German war poets of the First World War, and has been compared with English poet Wilfred Owen.[1] After the war he became an editor for numerous publications. He was one of the 88 writers who pledged their allegiance to Adolf Hitler in October 1933 in a Vow of Most Faithful Allegiance (Gelöbnis treuester Gefolgschaft).