Max Halbe was a German dramatist and main exponent of Naturalism. Halbe was born at the manor of Güttland (today Koźliny) near Danzig (Gdansk), where he grew up. In 1883 he started to study law at the University of Heidelberg and obtained his doctorate at the University of Munich in 1888. After that he moved to Berlin, where he publicated his primary work "Jugend" (youth) in 1893, which was next to Gerhart Hauptmann´s "Die Weber" the most successful contemporary stage play in Germany.

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  • Max Halbe was a German dramatist and main exponent of Naturalism. Halbe was born at the manor of Güttland (today Koźliny) near Danzig (Gdansk), where he grew up. In 1883 he started to study law at the University of Heidelberg and obtained his doctorate at the University of Munich in 1888. After that he moved to Berlin, where he publicated his primary work "Jugend" (youth) in 1893, which was next to Gerhart Hauptmann´s "Die Weber" the most successful contemporary stage play in Germany. 1895 Halbe went to Munich again, where he founded the "Intime Theater für dramatische Experimente" (intimate theater of dramatic experiments) and was a co-founder of "Münchner Volksbühne" - theater. He was an important member of the Munich artist society and a friend of Frank Wedekind and Ludwig Thoma. In 1933 and 1935 his biography "Scholle und Schicksal" and "Jahrhundertwende" were published. Halbe died in the age of 79 at his manor house in Neuötting, Bavaria. Today Halbe as a dramatist is almost forgotten and his works are rarely acted at theaters.
  • Max Halbe war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er gehörte zu den wichtigen Exponenten des deutschen Naturalismus.
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  • Max Halbe was a German dramatist and main exponent of Naturalism. Halbe was born at the manor of Güttland (today Koźliny) near Danzig (Gdansk), where he grew up. In 1883 he started to study law at the University of Heidelberg and obtained his doctorate at the University of Munich in 1888. After that he moved to Berlin, where he publicated his primary work "Jugend" (youth) in 1893, which was next to Gerhart Hauptmann´s "Die Weber" the most successful contemporary stage play in Germany.
  • Max Halbe war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er gehörte zu den wichtigen Exponenten des deutschen Naturalismus.
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  • Max Halbe
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