al Tribune
BOOKS
ABRAD
Books are a luxury
writer who has a real story telling gift, can
even in these difficult times, by publishing
riter and His Daily Bread
his books first in a newspaper or magazine
and then in book form, earn as much as
their livelihood in some other fashion, at
MPLE HOUSE
will suffice for modest needs. Since the in¬
that moment they will stop writing, except
flation left him without means, and since
national book review
when they have something to say. Litera¬
his older works at present bring him little
Books Abroad
ture will thus gain in quality
or nothing, because very few persons buy
Sincerely,
LEON LEMONNIER.
capacity I receive a
books nowadays, he dare not get sick, and
Europan mail. Every
The disappearance of literature as a pro¬
must, like the undersigned, work on into
e I have been learning
fession, then, and the relegation of the
his old age.
the foreign press that
literary man to the amateur class. The
Much worse than the situation of the
publishing company
enterprising author of "Quarantième Etage
novelist is that of the dramatist. It is very
An old German pub¬
and various other books which sell widely
possible, even likely, that a Heinrich von
Have you any sug¬
in a dozen countries no doubt experiences
Kleist would go to his destruction if he
the American sale of
little direct inconvenience from the situa¬
were living today, especially since the the¬
stimulated? Germans
tion, but he has given thought to it. He
aters have gone to the devil again (wieder
pletely stopped buying
says:
einmal nicht Gottes, sondern des Teufels
of some of the solidest
"The deplorable conditions under which
sind). It is just as serious with the poets.
rks in a burst of confi¬
certain writers are forced to live certainly
rst time since his child¬
"This is how things are today. Since
react unfortunately on their literary pro¬
afford a summer vaca¬
they are steadily growing more desperate, it
Very few writers of reputa¬
duction.
mild deprivation com¬
may be worse next month. Before the war
tion are suffering serious distress. But
of the French novelist
probably 60 per cent of our population
many authors of merit have no reputation.
tion a year or two ago
were able to buy books and go to the the¬
A distinction must be made among
famous Czech drama¬
ater. Now not 5 per cent can do so. Who
the different European countries. A very
gon charity. Books are
knows how it will be by another month?
important consideration is always the num¬
body in central Europe
ber of individuals who speak or read the
m the making or the
"How can conditions be improved? The
language of the author. The situation is
is living narrow at
only thing I can suggest is to kill off every
relatively very favorable for writers in
body who favors our dragging our burden
English, where success means fortune.
of political debt any longer.
considerable correspon¬
When Germany was in a less miserable
our friend
-
.
1
Drawing by Alan Dunn
The alert and brillant young author of
Mit fremden Federn" and "Die Pest von
Lianora” is full of sympathy and good will.
He says:
Economic crises always it the writer
particularly hard. He belongs in the cate¬
gory of luxuries, with champagne manu¬
facturers, light ladies and hotel porters. No
one has any money now for any of these
categories. There is the additional diffi¬
culty that since the war we have an en¬
tirely new literature, and some of the most
distinguished personalities of pre-war litera¬
ture have been unable or unwilling to adapt
themselves to the new conditions, and are
as a result living in the direst need. Some
of them are literally starving. The only
way to help them is with money and more
money. Very truly,
ROBERT NEUMANN."
W. E. Süskind, whose psychological
masterpieces “Tordis" and Jugend have
made him famous, regards the problem as
very serious:
"The economic situation of writers in
Germany is extremely disquieting, and the
future is full of perplexity. I am not think¬
ing simply of the general depression. Bad
as that is, another circumstance is largely
responsible for the fact that important
BOOKS
ABRAD
Books are a luxury
writer who has a real story telling gift, can
even in these difficult times, by publishing
riter and His Daily Bread
his books first in a newspaper or magazine
and then in book form, earn as much as
their livelihood in some other fashion, at
MPLE HOUSE
will suffice for modest needs. Since the in¬
that moment they will stop writing, except
flation left him without means, and since
national book review
when they have something to say. Litera¬
his older works at present bring him little
Books Abroad
ture will thus gain in quality
or nothing, because very few persons buy
Sincerely,
LEON LEMONNIER.
capacity I receive a
books nowadays, he dare not get sick, and
Europan mail. Every
The disappearance of literature as a pro¬
must, like the undersigned, work on into
e I have been learning
fession, then, and the relegation of the
his old age.
the foreign press that
literary man to the amateur class. The
Much worse than the situation of the
publishing company
enterprising author of "Quarantième Etage
novelist is that of the dramatist. It is very
An old German pub¬
and various other books which sell widely
possible, even likely, that a Heinrich von
Have you any sug¬
in a dozen countries no doubt experiences
Kleist would go to his destruction if he
the American sale of
little direct inconvenience from the situa¬
were living today, especially since the the¬
stimulated? Germans
tion, but he has given thought to it. He
aters have gone to the devil again (wieder
pletely stopped buying
says:
einmal nicht Gottes, sondern des Teufels
of some of the solidest
"The deplorable conditions under which
sind). It is just as serious with the poets.
rks in a burst of confi¬
certain writers are forced to live certainly
rst time since his child¬
"This is how things are today. Since
react unfortunately on their literary pro¬
afford a summer vaca¬
they are steadily growing more desperate, it
Very few writers of reputa¬
duction.
mild deprivation com¬
may be worse next month. Before the war
tion are suffering serious distress. But
of the French novelist
probably 60 per cent of our population
many authors of merit have no reputation.
tion a year or two ago
were able to buy books and go to the the¬
A distinction must be made among
famous Czech drama¬
ater. Now not 5 per cent can do so. Who
the different European countries. A very
gon charity. Books are
knows how it will be by another month?
important consideration is always the num¬
body in central Europe
ber of individuals who speak or read the
m the making or the
"How can conditions be improved? The
language of the author. The situation is
is living narrow at
only thing I can suggest is to kill off every
relatively very favorable for writers in
body who favors our dragging our burden
English, where success means fortune.
of political debt any longer.
considerable correspon¬
When Germany was in a less miserable
our friend
-
.
1
Drawing by Alan Dunn
The alert and brillant young author of
Mit fremden Federn" and "Die Pest von
Lianora” is full of sympathy and good will.
He says:
Economic crises always it the writer
particularly hard. He belongs in the cate¬
gory of luxuries, with champagne manu¬
facturers, light ladies and hotel porters. No
one has any money now for any of these
categories. There is the additional diffi¬
culty that since the war we have an en¬
tirely new literature, and some of the most
distinguished personalities of pre-war litera¬
ture have been unable or unwilling to adapt
themselves to the new conditions, and are
as a result living in the direst need. Some
of them are literally starving. The only
way to help them is with money and more
money. Very truly,
ROBERT NEUMANN."
W. E. Süskind, whose psychological
masterpieces “Tordis" and Jugend have
made him famous, regards the problem as
very serious:
"The economic situation of writers in
Germany is extremely disquieting, and the
future is full of perplexity. I am not think¬
ing simply of the general depression. Bad
as that is, another circumstance is largely
responsible for the fact that important