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Nathan Katz | |
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Born | Waldighofen, Alsace, France | December 24, 1892
Died | January 12, 1981 Mulhouse, France | (aged 88)
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Standard German, Alsatian dialect |
Notable works | Das Galgenstüblein |
Nathan Katz (24 December 1892, in Waldighofen – 12 January 1981, in Mulhouse) was a Jewish Alsatian poet from the Sundgau region. He wrote in Standard German as well as the Alsatian dialect.
Serving at the East Front during the First World War, he was made prisoner in Nizhny Novgorod, where he wrote Das Galgenstüblein in June 1915.