Hermann Ungar

A plaque at Ungar's birthplace in Boskovice

Hermann Ungar (April 20, 1893 in Boskovice – October 28, 1929 in Prague) was a Moravian writer (in the German language) and an officer in Czechoslovakia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His novels were influenced by expressionism and psychoanalysis. He was praised as a great writer by Thomas Mann, who became a godfather to Ungar's son Tom (born Thomas Michael Ungar).^[1] According to an obituary of Tom (25 October 1923 – 29 May 2012), Ungar "wrote about sex and psychosis in a manner that shocked the establishment".^[2]

Works

• Boys and Murderers (1920)
• The Maimed (1923, novel)
• The Murder of Captain Hanika (1925, non-fiction)
• The Class (1927, novel)
• The Red General (1928, play)
• The Arbor (Hermann Ungar play) (1930, play)
• Colbert's Journey (1930, short stories)

References

1. Obituary of Tom Unwin, The Telegraph, 19 July 2012.
2. Vicky Unwin, "Tom Unwin obituary", The Guardian, 7 June 2012.

External links

• Hermann Ungar at Twisted Spoon Press
• The Maimed (Twisted Spoon Press)
• Boys & Murderers (Twisted Spoon Press)