Hermann Ungar

Hermann Ungar (1893-1929) was a German-language Jewish writer from Moravia. Particularly active in the intellectual literary circles of Berlin, Vienna, and Prague in the third decade of the 20th century, Ungar was influenced by Expressionism and psychoanalysis. His works test the darkest limits of the social fabric and address shocking themes such as sexuality and psychological illness. Admired by all the great names of Germanophile culture, he was compared to Kafka when his work was published in France, where it was translated near the end of his life. Author of two novels, several short stories, plays, and essays, Ungar was forgotten during World War II, his works being particularly highlighted among the list of books to be destroyed by the Nazi regime. In the 1980s, after a new French translation of his work, the writer was resurrected, having been translated into more than two dozen languages ​​and seeing his name once again figure in the canon of European literature.