Georg Zivier
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Georg Zivier (13 February 1897 – 19 March 1974) was a German writer, theatre critic and journalist.
Born in Wrocław, Zivier was the son of the historian and writer Ezechiel Zivier.[1] After studying in Greifswald and Berlin, he worked as a writer and journalist. In 1937, Zivier was expelled from the Reichsschrifttumskammer because of his Jewish origin and later obliged to do forced labour.[2] He nevertheless continued to write under the pseudonym "Hans Gregor" for both the Vossische Zeitung and the Berliner Tageblatt.[3]
In 1946, Arno Scholz engaged him as head of the department "cultural politics" for the Berlin Telegraf. Until 1955, he also worked for Die Neue Zeitung as a theatre critic.[4] Neben seiner journalistischen Arbeit schrieb er Erzählungen und Hörspiele. Für sein Theaterstück „Perlicke, perlacke“ erhielt er 1963 den Brüder-Grimm-Preis des Landes Berlin.[5][6]
Zivier died in Berlin at the age of 77.
Work
- Harmonie und Ekstase: Mary Wigman (1956)
- Komödianten und fahrende Poeten (1956)
- Ernst Deutsch und das Deutsche Theater (1964)
- Das Romanische Café. Erscheinungen und Randerscheinungen rund um die Gedächtniskirche (1965)
- Berlin und der Tanz (1968)
- Deutschland und seine Juden (1971)
