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Johannes Robert Becher (pronounced [jo.ˈha.nəs ˈɛʁ ˈbɛ.çɐ] ⓘ, 22 May 1891 – 11 October 1958) was a German politician, novelist, and poet. He was affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) before World War II.
Johannes Robert Becher war ein deutscher expressionistischer Dichter und SED-Politiker, Minister für Kultur sowie erster Präsident des Kulturbundes der DDR. Bekannt ist er auch als Verfasser des Textes der Nationalhymne der DDR.
May 18, 2024 · Johannes Robert Becher was a poet and critic, editor, and government official who was among the most important advocates of revolutionary social reform in Germany during the 1920s and who later served as minister of culture for the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Johannes R. Becher has 77 books on Goodreads with 246 ratings. Johannes R. Becher’s most popular book is Abschied.
Becher wrote the national anthem of the GDR (German Democratic Republic) and became the country's first secretary of cultural affairs. To many, he was the perfect embodiment of socialistic realism. GDR officials considered him a poet of the State ( Staatsdichter ).
Johannes R. Becher, Windflüchter. Bäume im Darß (Ahrenshoop), around 1950. The sonnet Windflüchter by the poet Johannes R. Becher not only describes the storm-battered trees on the coast of the Baltic Sea, it also reveals something of the life of the poet and emigrant in a turbulent story.
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Johannes Robert Becher was a German politician, novelist, and poet. He was affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) before World War II. At one time, he was part of the literary avant-garde, writing in an expressionist style.
