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Name
  
Max Picard


Role
  
Writer

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Died
  
October 3, 1965, Neggio, Switzerland

Books
  
The world of silence, The flight from God, Hitler in our selves, Die Welt des Schweigens, Die Flucht vor Gott

Max Picard (June 5, 1888 in Schopfheim – October 3, 1965 in Sorengo, Switzerland) was a Swiss writer, important as one of the few thinkers writing from a deeply Platonic sensibility in the 20th century.

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Selected books

  • 1917 Expressionistische Bauernmalerei [Expressionist Folk Painting]. München: Delphin
  • 1921 Der letzte Mensch [The Last Man]. Leipzig: E. T. Tal & Co.
  • 1930 Das Menschengesicht [The Human Face]. München: Delphin
  • 1934 Die flucht vor Gott] [The Flight From God]. Erlenbach: Rentsch
  • 1947 Hitler in uns selbst [Hitler in Our Selves]. Erlenbach: Rentsch
  • 1948 Die Welt des Schweigens [The World of Silence]. Erlenbach-Zürich/Konstanz: Rensch
  • 1954 Die Atomisierung der Modernen Künste The Atomization of Modern Arts. Hamburg: Furche
  • References

    Max Picard Wikipedia