Max Tau

Who was Max Tau?

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. He was noted for his contribution to promoting literary exchange between Germany and Norway, especially in the context of reconciliation after World War II.