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Alfred Kerr ( né Kempner; 25 December 1867 – 12 October 1948, surname: German pronunciation: [kɛʁ]) [1] was an influential German theatre critic and essayist of Jewish descent, nicknamed the Kulturpapst ("Culture Pope").
Alfred Kerr (* 25. Dezember 1867 in Breslau; † 12. Oktober 1948 in Hamburg) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Theaterkritiker und Journalist. Sein Geburtsname war Alfred Kempner, er publizierte aber von Anfang an unter dem Namen Kerr, um nicht mit der (mit ihm nicht verwandten) Dichterin Friederike Kempner in Verbindung gebracht zu werden.
Who was Alfred Kerr? With his unsparing wit, gift for satire, and accurate, learned descriptions, German Jew Alfred (Kempner) Kerr (1867–1948) was one of the most widely read theater critics of the Weimar Republic —both admired and feared.
Alfred Kerr (pen name of Alfred Kempner) was a German literary and theater critic and author. Kerr was born in Breslau and studied there and in Berlin. He became a drama critic for the Berlin newspaper Der Tag and later for the Berliner Tageblatt.
Alfred, who had been a critic of the Nazi’s, fled Germany just before they came to power, in 1933. He was later joined by Judith, her brother Michael and her mother Julia, and this exhibition explores the family’s flight and life afterwards.
Sep 19, 2016 · Der schon zu Lebzeiten berühmte Theaterkritiker Alfred Kerr war eitel, ätzend, klug. "Er ist als Autor erkennbar schon am ersten Satz", schreibt seine Biografin Deborah Vietor-Engländer.
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Alfred Kerr (1867-1948) was a renowned German writer and theatre critic who opposed Nazism and fled to England with his family. He wrote about his experiences and impressions of England in Ich kam nach England, a book that influenced his daughter Judith Kerr's novels.
