Ludwig Renn

Ludwig Renn
Ludwig Renn in 1954
Born
Arnold Friedrich Vieth von Golßenau

(1889-04-22)22 April 1889
Died21 July 1979(1979-07-21) (aged 90)
Resting placeZentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
OccupationAuthor
Political partySocialist Unity Party (1947–)
Communist Party of Germany (1928–1947)
Military Service
Allegiance Second Spanish Republic
German Empire
BranchSpanish Republican Army
Imperial German Army
Service years1936–1937
1911–1918
Unit
Conflicts

Ludwig Renn (born Arnold Friedrich Vieth von Golßenau; 22 April 1889 – 21 July 1979) was a German author. Born a Saxon nobleman, he later became a committed communist and lived in East Berlin.