Egon Erwin Kisch ( Prague, April 29, 1885 - March 31, 1948) was a Czechoslovakian writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He was noted for his development of literary reportage. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Warning: Value not specified for common_name Motto: Czech: Pravda vítÄ›zí (Truth prevails; 1918-1989) Latin: Veritas Vincit (Truth prevails; 1989-1992) Anthem: Kde domov můj and Nad Tatrou sa blýska Capital Prague Language(s) Czech, Slovak Government Republic President  - 1918-1935 Tomáš Masaryk  - 1989-1992 V... Reportage can be a single journalists report of news (especially when witnessed first-hand), distributed through the media. ...

Biography

Prague

Kisch was born into a German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and began his journalistic career as a reporter for a local German language newspaper in 1906. His early work is characterised by an interest in crime and the lives of the poor of Prague, taking Jan Neruda, Emile Zola and Charles Dickens's Sketches by Boz as his models. His most notable story of this period was his uncovering of the spy scandal involving Alfred Redl. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jan Nepomuk Neruda (July 9, 1834 – August 22, 1891) was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of the May school. Jan Neruda Nerudas grave Jan Neruda was born in Prague, Bohemia, son of a small grocer who... mile Zola (April 2, 1840 - September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. ... Dickens redirects here. ... Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836. ... Alfred Redl was an Austro-Hungarian officer, who rose to head the counter-intelligence efforts of Austria-Hungary. ...

At the outbreak of World War I, Kisch was called up for military service in the Austrian army. He fought on the front-line in Serbia and the Carpathians and his war-time experiences were later recorded in Schreib das auf, Kisch! (1929). He was briefly imprisoned in 1916 for publishing reports from the front that criticised the Austrian military's conduct of the war, but nonetheless later served in the army's press quarters along with fellow writers Franz Werfel and Robert Musil. Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul... Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Republic  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica  - President Boris Tadić Establishment    - Formation 814   - First Serbian Uprising 1804   - Internationally recognized July 13, 1878   - Kingdom of SCS created December 1, 1918   - SCG dissolved... This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Franz Werfel, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Werfels grave in the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna. ... Robert Musil (November 6, 1880, Klagenfurt, Austria – April 15, 1942, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Austrian writer. ...

The war radicalised Kisch. He deserted in October 1918 as the war came to an end and played a leading role in the abortive left-wing revolution in Vienna in November of that year. Werfel's novel Barbara oder die Frömmigkeit (1929) portrays the events of this period and Kisch was the inspiration for one of the novel's characters. Although the revolution failed, in 1919, Kisch joined the Communist party, a political allegiance he maintained for the rest of his life. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Franz Werfel, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Werfels grave in the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... In modern usage, a communist party is a political party which promotes communism, the sociopolitical ideology based on Marxism. ...

Berlin

Between 1921 and 1930 Kisch, though a citizen of Czechoslovakia, lived primarily in Berlin, where his work found a new and appreciative audience. In books of collected journalism such as Der rasende Reporter (1924), he cultivated the image of a witty, gritty, daring reporter always on the move, a cigarette clamped doggedly between his lips. His work and his public persona found an echo in the artistic movement of Neue Sachlichkeit, a major strand in the culture of the Weimar Republic. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Die Neue Sachlichkeit (The New Objectivity) was an Expressionist art movement founded in Germany in the aftermath of World War I, by Otto Dix and George Grosz. ... Anthem: Das Lied der Deutschen The Länder of Germany during the Weimar Republic, with the Free State of Prussia (Freistaat Preußen) as the largest Capital Berlin Language(s) German Government Republic President  - 1919-1925 Friedrich Ebert  - 1925-1933 Paul von Hindenburg Chancellor  - 1919 Philipp Scheidemann  - 1933 Adolf Hitler...

Through the late twenties and early thirties, Kisch wrote a series of books chronicling his journeys to the Russian SFSR, the U.S.A., Soviet Central Asia and China. These later works are more strongly informed by Kisch's communist politics. Whereas in his earlier collections of reportage he had explicitly stated that a reporter should remain impartial, Kisch came to feel that it was necessary for a writer to engage politically with what he was reporting on. State motto: Russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! Translation: Workers of the world, unite! Capital Moscow Official language Russian Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until November 7, 1917 November 7, 1917 December 12, 1991 (dissolution) Area  - Total  - Water (%) Ranked 1st in the USSR 17,075,200 km² 13% Population  - Total   - Density Ranked 1st in the... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... The Central Asian Republics are five countries located in Central Asia that were former Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan The Central Asian Republics are sometimes referred to as Central Asia, although others prefer this term to be reserved for a larger geographic region within Asia rather than a designation given... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Exile

On February 28, 1933, the day after the Reichstag Fire, Kisch was one of many prominent opponents of Nazism to be arrested. He was briefly imprisoned in Spandau, but as a Czechoslovakian citizen, was expelled from Germany. His works were banned and burnt in Germany, but he continued to write for the Czech and émigré German press, bearing witness to the horrors of the Nazi takeover. February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Reichstag fire was a pivotal event in the establishment of Nazi Germany. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... For the 1980s New Wave group, see Spandau Ballet. ... Warning: Value not specified for common_name Motto: Czech: Pravda vítÄ›zí (Truth prevails; 1918-1989) Latin: Veritas Vincit (Truth prevails; 1989-1992) Anthem: Kde domov můj and Nad Tatrou sa blýska Capital Prague Language(s) Czech, Slovak Government Republic President  - 1918-1935 Tomáš Masaryk  - 1989-1992 V... Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. ... Émigré is a French term that shows how Martin B. loves stephanie. ...

In the years between the Machtergreifung and the outbreak of World War II, Kisch continued to travel widely to report and to speak publicly in the anti-fascist cause. He combined both in his visit to Australia as a delegate to an anti-fascist conference in 1934 which he later chronicled in Australian Landfall (1937). The right-wing Australian government repeatedly refused Kisch entry. Under Australian law visitors could be refused entry if they failed a dictation test in any European language. This law was used to enforce the White Australia Policy by ensuring that potential Asian immigrants were given an impossibly hard test. Kisch was one of the very few Europeans to be given the test and as he was a noted linguist, the test was given in Scottish Gaelic and he consequently failed. He then took matters into his own hands. He jumped five meters from the deck of his ship onto the quayside at Melbourne, breaking his leg in the process. This dramatic action mobilised the Australian left in support of Kisch and after a series of court cases, the government in the form of then Attorney-General Robert Menzies was soundly defeated. Machtergreifung is a German word meaning seizure of power. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Members of the Dutch Eindhoven Resistance with troops of the US 101st Airborne in Eindhoven in September 1944. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This badge from 1906 shows the use of the expression White Australia at that time The White Australia Policy is the prevailing term used to describe a collection of racist Australian policies which restricted non-white immigration and promoted white, European immigration from 1830 to 1973 with related policies enduring... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 14 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving eighteen and a half years. ...

In 1937 and 1938, Kisch was in Spain, where left-wingers from across Europe had been drawn by the Spanish civil war. He travelled across the country speaking in the Republican cause and his reports from the front line were widely published. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Spanish Republic CNT-FAI UGT POUM Soviet Union International Brigades Spanish State Falangists Carlists Fascist Italy Nazi Germany Army Comrades Association Commanders Manuel Azaña Francisco Largo Caballero Juan Negrín Francisco Franco Casualties Civilians killed/wounded = hundreds of thousands The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 17... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Following the Munich Agreement of 1938 and the subsequent Nazi occupation of Bohemia six months later, Kisch was unable to return to the country of his birth. Once war broke out, Paris, which he had made his main home since 1933, also became too dangerous for an outspoken Jewish communist whose native land no longer existed. In late 1939, Kisch and his wife Gisela, sailed for New York where, once again, he was initially denied entry. He eventually landed at Ellis Island on December 28, but as he only had a transit visa moved onto Mexico in 1939. Chamberlain holds the paper containing the resolution to commit to peaceful methods signed by both Hitler and himself on his return from Germany in September 1938. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (in German: Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren, in Czech: Protektorát Čechy a Morava) was a German protectorate that arose in central parts of Bohemia and Moravia on March 15, 1939 when Germany invaded the western part of former Czechoslovakia, the former... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Official language(s) None Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was at one time the main immigration port for immigrants entering the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He remained in Mexico for the next five years, one of a circle of European communist refugees, notable among them Anna Seghers and Ludwig Renn, as well as the German-Czech writer Lenka Reinerová. He continued to write, producing a book on Mexico and an autobiography Sensation Fair (1941). In this period of exile, Kisch's work regularly returned to the themes of his Prague home and his Jewish roots and in March 1946 (after troubles in securing a Czechoslovakian visa) he was able to return to his birthplace. Immediately after the return he started to travel around the country and work as journalist again. Anna Seghers (November 19, 1900 - June 1, German writer who was born in Mainz and died in Berlin. ... Lenka Reinerová, born in Prague on May 17, 1916, is one of the last Czech writers who writes exclusively in German. ... This article is about the year. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Legacy

Kisch died two years after his return to Prague, shortly after the Communist party seized complete power. There are contradictory reports of his attitude - as a German-speaking Jew - to the party in this period as it began to develop the anti-semitism which culminated in the Prague Trials of 1952 and supported the expulsion of most of Czechoslovakia's ethnic Germans. The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in Czech and in Slovak: Komunistická strana Československa (KSČ) was a political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... The Prague Trials were a series of Stalinist and largely anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Germans expelled from the Sudetenland // The expulsion of Germans after World War II refers to the mass deportation of people considered Germans (Reichsdeutsche, Volksdeutsche, Sorbs, many Upper Silesians and Kashubians) from European countries with large German-speaking minorities, primarily Soviet-occupied areas of Eastern Europe in the final months of...

After his death, Kisch's life and work were held up as exemplary in the GDR. The attitude to both in West Germany was more complicated due to his communism. Nonetheless, when Stern magazine founded a prestigious award for German journalism in 1977, it was named the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize in his honour. Disambiguation Page Global Depositary Receipt East Germany ... Stern (English Star) is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting news regarding current events, trends, issues and people. ...

Kisch has appeared as a character in two novels by Australian authors. He is a minor character in Frank Hardy's Power without Glory (1950), which was filmed for television in (1976), and plays a central, if fictionalised, role in Nicholas Hasluck's Our Man K (1999). [1]Frank Hardy (1917–1994) was a left-wing novelist and writer from Australia. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Nicholas Hasluck (born October 17, 1942) is an Australian novelist. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Selected bibliography

English titles are given where the work has been translated into English. All dates refer to earliest publication

• Aus Prager Gassen und Nächten (1912) - An early collection of reports from Prague's underworld
• Der Mädchenhirt (1914) - Kisch's only novel, again set in the Prague underworld
• Der Fall des Generalstabschefs Redl (1924)
• Der rasende Reporter (1924)
• Zaren, Popen, Bolschewiken (1926) - On the Soviet Union
• Schreib das auf, Kisch! (1929)
• Paradies Amerika (1929) - On the United States
• Changing Asia (1932) - On Soviet Central Asia
• China Geheim (1933) - On China
• Stories from Seven Ghettos (1934) - A collection with a Jewish theme
• Australian Landfall (1937)
• Soldaten am Meeresstrand (1938) - Reports from the Spanish Civil War
• Sensation Fair (1941)
• Entdeckungen in Mexiko (1945)

External links

• Detailed biography (German)
• Kisch in Australia
• Nicholas Hasluck on writing about Kisch