Karl Friedrich Kurz: Biography, Facts and Career

Karl Friedrich Kurz (23 September 1878 – 26 June 1962) was a Swiss/German/Norwegian novelist. Kurz was born near Freiburg, Bremgarten, Markgräflerland in Germany. As a child he moved with his parents to Basel in Switzerland. He wanted to be a painter and entered the academy in Karlsruhe. Coincidences made him a writer. He led a vagrant life with an extensive travelling activity in among others East Asia and Japan before he settled in Norway where he wrote novels in German. He was influenced by Knut Hamsun and got inspiration from the nature and folk life in the fjords of Sogn and Sunnfjord. His novels enjoyed great popularity in Germany and were sold in great numbers. In 1934 he was awarded the Großer Schillerpreis by the Schweizerischen Schillerstiftung in Zürich. He first lived in Solund Municipality, then near Vadheim in Lavik Municipality. In 1924, he settled in Vårdal along the Dalsfjorden in Sunnfjord. He lived there until he in 1950 left his family and moved to Nessjøen in Fjell Municipality on the island of Sotra in Hordaland where he lived until his death in 1962, at 84 years of age. The papers he left behind when he died are mostly lost. Karl Friedrich Kurz is buried at the churchyard at Holmedal Church along the Dalsfjorden in Sunnfjord.

Quick facts about Karl Friedrich Kurz

• Full name: Karl Friedrich Kurz
• Born: 1878-09-23
• Nationality: Germany
• Known as: Author
• Wikidata ID: Q87416

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