Max Tau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Max Tau

German writer

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1897

Place of Birth: Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1976

Profession: writer, poet, author, literary editor, publisher, philosopher

Nationality: Norway, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Max Tau was a German-Norwegian writer, editor, and publisher. Tau grew up in an environment characterized by what he later termed the "Jewish-German" symbiosis, in a Jewish household heavily influenced by the Jewish enlightenment.
He studied literature, art history, philosophy, and psychology at universities in Berlin, Hamburg, and Kiel.
He earned his doctorate at the University of Kiel, defending a dissertation on the German writer Theodor Fontane.
Tau emigrated to Norway and during the Nazi-German occupation of Norway, he was a refugee in Sweden and returned to Norway after the war.
He was noted for his contribution to promoting literary exchange between Germany and Norway, especially in the context of reconciliation after World War II.

Stadtarchiv Kiel

	Native name	Stadtarchiv Kiel
	Location	Rathaus, Fleethörn 9, 24103 Kiel
	Coordinates	54° 19' 20.1? N, 10° 07' 57.54? E
	Established	1907
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