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Max Kommerell

German literary historian, writer and translator (1902-1944)
Person human Q1293402

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
February 25, 1902
Date of death
July 25, 1944
Place of birth
Münsingen
Place of death
Marburg
Country of citizenship
German Reich[14]
Occupation
translator, university teacher, literary historian, poet, writer, literary scholar[15]
Employer
University of Marburg[19]
Field of work
history of literature, German-language literature, translation into German[16][17][18]
Educated at
Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium[20]
Member of political party
Nazi Party[23]
Father
Eugen Kommerell[11]
Spouse
Erika Kommerell, Eva Kommerell[12][13]
Sibling
Ernst Kommerell[30]
Doctoral advisor
Ernst Elster[21]
Work location
Marburg[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[28]
Described by source
Neue Deutsche Biographie[27]
Documentation files at
SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts[31]
Family name
Kommerell[24]
Given name
Max[25]
Name in native language
Max Kommerell[29]
P14927
11856501X
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Place of burial
Main Cemetery of Marburg[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Max Commerell en Max Kommerell cs Max Commerell de Max Commerell ja マックス・コメレル
🔖 Identifiers · 52
ISNI
0000000110291145
VIAF cluster ID
71402487
Library of Congress authority ID
n82080136
GND ID
11856501X
BIBSYS ID
98002330
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12014932q
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
981058601689406706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02165028
CONOR.SR ID
57186057
CiNii Research ID
1140000791734228992
DDB person (GND) ID
11856501X
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11856501X
FAST ID
93889
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_11856501X
FactGrid item ID
1810 in science
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1229d7nh
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Max_Kommerell
Hessian Biography person (GND) ID
17101
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
32587
IdRef ID
028281098
IxTheo authority ID
133370909
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
11856501X
Kallías ID
PE00024084
Museum-digital ID
166773
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01790033
NDL Authority ID
00446084
NL CR AUT ID
mub2016925913
NLA Trove people ID
1109536
NSDAP membership number (1925–1945)
7342610
NUKAT ID
n2002035012
National Library of Greece ID
127994
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007299568205171
National Library of Latvia ID
000077278
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810653903405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX903963
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068441703
Open Library ID
OL133408A
Parsifal cluster ID
156104
Perlentaucher ID
max-kommerell
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
43613
RedBA Granada authority ID
101376
SBN author ID
LO1V041476
SHARE Catalogue author ID
449222
SPAP ID
a/67b006b8-142e-430a-ae5a-d350e703a398
Treccani ID
max-kommerell
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
308774
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV12328164
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/174600
WikiTree person ID
Kommerell-21
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJqvTCwHCkP7fp7hW4V3cP
Yale LUX ID
person/3b85dbd7-1277-45ce-96e2-0dc8c308fd40

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Occupation 5
writer, poet, translator, university teacher, literary historian
Field of work 2
German-language literature, history of literature
Country of citizenship 1
German Reich
Doctoral advisor 1
Ernst Elster
Doctoral advisors 1
Ernst Elster
Employer 1
University of Marburg
FactGrid item ID 1
1810 in science
Given name 1
Max
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of political party 1
Nazi Party
Place of birth 1
Münsingen
Place of death 1
Marburg
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Marburg
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Summary

Max Kommerell was born on February 25, 1902[1], in Münsingen[2]. He died on July 25, 1944[3], in Marburg[4]. He worked as a translator[5], university teacher[6], literary historian[7], poet[8], and writer[9].

FAQs

Where was Max Kommerell born?

Max Kommerell's place of birth was Münsingen[2].

Where did Max Kommerell die?

Max Kommerell passed away in Marburg[4].

Who were Max Kommerell's parents?

Max Kommerell's father was Eugen Kommerell[11].

Who was Max Kommerell married to?

Max Kommerell's spouses include Erika Kommerell[12] and Eva Kommerell[13].

What did Max Kommerell do for work?

Max Kommerell worked as a translator[5], university teacher[6], literary historian[7], poet[8], and writer[9].

Where did Max Kommerell go to school?

Max Kommerell was educated at Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium[20].

Related Entities

history of literature

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . performing-arts.ch. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  8. 26w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium
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