Georg Britting

Who is Georg Britting?

Georg Britting was a German poet.

He was born on February 17, 1891, to a civil servant. He spent his young life in Regensburg. His career as a writer began in 1911, when be began publishing poems, short stories, and articles about the theater. He joined the army in 1914.

After World War 1, Britting became a critic for the Neuen Donau-Post. He and Josef Achmann began a publication called Die Sichel, but in 1921 its publication was halted, and the pair moved to Munich. During the reign of the Nazis, his stories were more popular than his plays. His poems and short stories were often published in Das Innere Reich. He married his wife, actress Ingebord Frolich in 1946, and they moved to Sant-Anna- Platz in Munich, where he died in 1964.