Otto Flake
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Otto Flake (29 October 1880, Metz – 10 November 1963) was a German writer.
Early life
[edit]Flake was born on 29 October 1880 in Metz. He attended high school in Colmar and studied German philology, philosophy and art history at the University of Strasbourg.[1]
Career
[edit]Flake has an extensive œuvre that includes two volumes of fairy tales that rework traditional folk-tale characters and beliefs.[2]
Personal life
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Flake was married five times, including to German doctor and socialist Minna Flake,[3] with whom he had a son, Thomas Flake, who was born in 1908,[4] and twice to the mother of his daughter, Eva Maria (née Flake in 1921) Seveno.[3]
He died on 10 November 1963 in Baden-Baden, where he was buried.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Flake, Otto (1947). Nietzsche: Rückblick auf eine Philosophie (in German). P. Keppler. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Otto Flake". www.oxfordreference.com. Oxford Reference. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Robertson, Eric (1995). Writing Between the Lines: René Schickele, 'Citoyen Franc̜ais, Deutscher Dichter' (1883-1940). Rodopi. p. 57. ISBN 9789051837117. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Minna M. Flake" (PDF). The New York Times. 12 February 1958. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- Works by or about Otto Flake at the Internet Archive
- Newspaper clippings about Otto Flake in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW