Rudolf Alexander Schröder (26 January 1878 – 22 August 1962) was a German translator and poet. In 1962 he was awarded the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.

Career

Much of his work is Christian lyrical verse. He was a member of the Confessing Church which resisted National Socialist German Workers' Party Germany. Furthermore, Schröder wrote the poem "Hymne an Deutschland" which the then president of the Federal Republic of Germany, Theodor Heuss, wanted to establish as new national anthem.

References

• Malten, William (1968). Literarische Kleinkunst. Harper & Row.

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External links

• Newspaper clippings about Rudolf Alexander Schröder in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW