Karl Friedrich Kurz 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.

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  • Karl Friedrich Kurz 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 the area of Solund, then near Vadheim in Sognefjord before he in 1924 settled in Vårdal in Dalsfjorden in Sunnfjord. He lived there until he in 1950 left his family and moved to Nessjøen in Fjell municipality at 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 in Dalsfjorden, Sunnfjord.
  • Karl Friedrich Kurz war ein deutsch-schweizerisch-norwegischer Schriftsteller.
  • Karl Friedrich Kurz var en tysk/norsk forfatter. Karl Friedrich Kurz er født nær Freiburg, Bremgarten i Tyskland. Som barn flyttet han med foreldrene til Basel i Sveits. Han ønsket å bli kunstmaler og begynte på akademiet i Karlsruhe. Det var tilfeldigheter som gjorde ham til skribent og forfatter. Etter å ha ført en omflakkende tilværelse med omfattende reisevirksomhet i bla. Øst-Asia og Japan, slo han seg ned i Norge hvor han skrev romaner på tysk. Han var påvirket av Knut Hamsun og hentet inspirasjon fra naturen og folkelivet i Sognefjorden og Sunnfjord. Romanene nøt stor popularitet i Tyskland og ble solgt i store opplag. I 1934 fikk han Schillerprisen og Volkspreis fra Schweizerische Schillerstiftung i Zürich. Han bodde først i Solund, så ved Vadheim før han i 1924 slo seg ned på Vårdal i Dalsfjorden i Sunnfjord. Der bodde han til han i 1950, da han forlot sin familie og flyttet til Nessjøen i Fjell kommune på Sotra i Hordaland hvor han bodde til sin død i 1962, 84 år gammel. Hans etterlatte papirer er for det meste kommet bort etter hans død. Karl Friedrich Kurz ligger begravet på kirkegården i Holmedal i Dalsfjorden, Sunnfjord.
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  • Karl Friedrich Kurz 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.
  • Karl Friedrich Kurz war ein deutsch-schweizerisch-norwegischer Schriftsteller.
  • Karl Friedrich Kurz var en tysk/norsk forfatter. Karl Friedrich Kurz er født nær Freiburg, Bremgarten i Tyskland. Som barn flyttet han med foreldrene til Basel i Sveits. Han ønsket å bli kunstmaler og begynte på akademiet i Karlsruhe. Det var tilfeldigheter som gjorde ham til skribent og forfatter. Etter å ha ført en omflakkende tilværelse med omfattende reisevirksomhet i bla. Øst-Asia og Japan, slo han seg ned i Norge hvor han skrev romaner på tysk.
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  • Karl Friedrich Kurz
  • Karl Friedrich Kurz
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