Johannes R. Becher — Wikipedia

Johannes R. Becher , born the May 22, 1891 In Munich and died on October 11, 1958 In Berlin-Est, is a German politician, writer and poet. Member of the Unified Socialist Party of Germany, he is Minister of Culture in the Government of the German Democratic Republic from 1954 to 1958. He is also known for having written the words of the national anthem of the GDR, Rising from the Ruins .

Bronze by Johannes R. becher by Fritz Cremer in the Bürgerpark Pankow (Detail)

Johannes Robert Becher is the son of a magistrate with rigorous principles with which he stands out from his bonus youth ^{[ first ]} . In 1910, he survived an attempted suicide also involving his beloved who died of his injuries ^{[ 2 ]} .

From 1911 to 1918, he studied philology, philosophy and medicine in Munich, Berlin and Iéna ^{[ 2 ]} .

In 1911, he published his poem that ringing (the wrestler), a hymn to the writer Kleist whom he admired, and in 1914 the collection Fall and triumph (decadence and triumph), in which he attacks the social order of his time ^{[ first ]} . In 1916, an extract from his poems entitled Fraternity (Fraternity) is devoted to Émile Zola ^{[ 3 ]} .

In 1917, Johannes R. Becher joined the independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD), in 1918 at Spartakusbund and in 1919 to the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). The same year, he published his collection of poems In all (To all) ^{[ 2 ]} .

The publication of his anti-war novel Levisite or the only just war In 1925 earned him to be accused of “high literary treason”, an accusation abandoned in 1928 under national and international pressure.

In 1932, he became an collaborator of the KPD Journal The Red flag .

After the Nazi power in power in 1933, Becher emigrated to Prague and then in Paris. He was fallen from his nationality in 1934. Refugee in Moscow a year later, he was editor -in -chief of the German review of exile International literature – German leaves ^{[ 2 ]} .

In 1940, he published an autobiographical novel entitled Taking leave (Adieu).

IL Invisian à La Crénation en 93 The L’Baselation The Rédistance ABéistance ABAZISM NATIONALMOMITE FUOMERS. Il rentry à Berlin a June 1945 And co -bonds the Kulturbund Zur Demokratischen Erneuerung Deutschlands, of which he is the first president. In addition, he founded the Aufbau-Verlag publishing house, the monthly cultural review Construction , the weekly Sunday as well as the literary review Meaning and shape ^{[ first ]} .

In 1946, he joined the Unified Socialist Party of Germany (SED). In 1949 he wrote the text of the anthem of the German Democratic Republic, Rising from the Ruins , text for which he received the national prize in 1950 ^{[ 2 ]} .

From 1953 to 1956, Johannes R. Becher was president of the Academy of Arts, which he co -founded in 1950.

From 1954 to 1958, he was the Prime Minister of Culture of the GDR.

Johannes R. Becher dies the October 11, 1958 . His tomb of honor ( Grave ) is at the Dorotheenstadt cemetery in Berlin ^{[ 4 ]} .

He was married to journalist Lilly Korpus.

In 1960, a statue representing the poet was produced by the sculptor Fritz Cremer on order from the Ministry of Culture. This is in Pankow park ( Bürgerpark Pankow ), Berlin district where Johannes R. becher lived ^{[ 5 ]} .

In 1961 the Johannes-R.-Becher medal was created to reward people in the fields of arts, culture, sports and leisure ^{[ 6 ]} .

• That ringing. Kleist anthem (1911)
• Earth , news (1912)
• Out of the depths (1913)
• The idiot (1913)
• Decay and triumph (1914)
  • First part , poetry
  • Second part , prose tests
• Fraternity , poetry (1916)
• An Europa , poetry (1916)
• Päan against the crowd , poetry (1918)
• The sacred crowd , poetry (1918)
• The new poem. Selection (1912-1918) , poetry (1918)
• Poems about Lotte (1919)
• Poems for a people (1919)
• In all! , poetry (1919)
• Zion , poetry (1920)
• Forever in the turmoil (1920)
• Man, get up! (1920)
• To God (1921)
• The died (1921)
• Workers, farmers, soldiers. Design for a revolutionary combat drama. (1921)
• transfiguration (1922)
• destruction (1923)
• Three hymns (1923)
• Forward, you red front! , prose (1924)
• Hymn (1924)
• Am Grabe Lenins (1924)
• Red march. The body on the throne/bomb plane (1925)
• Machine rhythms , poetry (1926)
• The banker rides over the battlefield , story (1926)
• Levisite or the only just war , Nouvelle (1926)
• The hungry city , poetry (1927)
• In the shadow of the mountains , poetry (1928)
• A person of our time: collected poems , poetry (1929)
• Gray columns: 24 new poems (1930)
• The big plan. Epos of socialist structure. (1931)
• The man who goes in the row. New poems and ballads. , poetry (1932)
• The man who goes in the row. New poems and ballads. , poetry (1932)
• New poems (1933)
• Murder in the Hohenstein camp. Reports from the Third Reich. (1933)
• It is time (1933)
• German dance of death 1933 (1933)
• Stick to the wall , poetry (1933)
• Germany. A song by the skip rolls and the “useful limbs” (1934)
• The converted space. Stories and poems , story and poetry (1934)
• The converted space. Stories and poems , story and poetry (1934)
• The Third Empire , Poésie, Illustrations de Heinrich Vogeler (1934)
• The man who believed everything , poetry (1935)
• The lucky searcher and the seven loads. A high song. (1938)
• Certainness of the victory and view of big days. Collected sonnets 1935-1938. (1939)
• Rebirth , poetry (1940)
• The seven years. Twenty -five -selected poems from 1933-1940. (1940)
• Taking leave. A first part of a German tragedy, 1900–1914. , Nouvelle (1940)
• Germany calls , poetry (1942)
• German show. A call to the German nation. (1943)
• Dank an Stalingrad , poetry (1943)
• The high waiting of Germany poetry , poetry (1944)
• Poetry. Selection from 1939–1943. (1944)
• The sonnet (1945)
• Novels in verses (1946)
• Home. New poems. , poetry (1946)
• Education to freedom. Thoughts and considerations. (1946)
• German commitment. 5 Talking about Germany’s renewal. (1945)
• The guide picture. A German game in five parts. (1946)
• Rebirth. Book of sonnets. (1947)
• Praise from the Swabia. Swabians in my poem. (1947)
• People changing in the dark (1948)
• The ashes burn on my chest (1948)
• New German folk songs (1950)
• Happiness of the distance – bright. New poems , poetry (1951)
• In a different way, so great hope. Diary 1950. (1951)
• Defense of poetry. From the new in the literature. (1952)
• Beautiful German homeland (1952)
• Hibernation (battle around Moscow). A German tragedy in 5 acts with a foreplay. (1953)
• The way to Füssen , spectacle (1953)
• To the death of J. W. Stalin (1953)
• We, our time, the twentieth century (1956)
• The poetic principle (1957)
• Step of the middle of the century. New seals , poetry (1958)

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