Kurt Held

Kurt Held
Portrait by Maria Braun, c. 1930
Born
Kurt Kläber

(1897-11-04)4 November 1897
Jena, Germany
Died9 December 1959(1959-12-09) (aged 62)
Sorengo, Switzerland
OccupationsAuthor, writer
Known forThe Outsiders of Oskoken Castle
SpouseLisa Tetzner

Kurt Kläber (4 November 1897 – 9 December 1959), known under the pen name Kurt Held, was a German-Swiss communist activist and writer of proletarian and children's literature. He is best known for the 1941 novel The Outsiders of Uskoken Castle.

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