George Sylvester Viereck

George Sylvester Viereck
Portrait of Viereck, by Underwood & Underwood, 1922
Portrait of Viereck, by Underwood & Underwood, 1922
BornGeorge Sylvester Viereck
(1884-12-31)December 31, 1884
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria German Empire
DiedMarch 18, 1962(1962-03-18) (aged 77)
Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • novelist
  • essayist
  • Pro-German propagandist
GenrePoetry

George Sylvester Viereck (December 31, 1884 – March 18, 1962) was a German-American poet, writer, mystic, and pro-German propagandist. He worked on behalf of Nazi Germany.[1] He preferred to use the name Sylvester.[2]

  1. ^ Keller, Phyllis (1971). "George Sylvester Viereck: The Psychology of a German-American Militant", The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 59–108. doi:10.2307/202443. JSTOR 202443
  2. ^ Maddow, Rachel (2023). Prequel (1st ed.). Crown. pp. xvii–xxiii. ISBN 978-0-593-44451-1.