Hans Carossa (15 December 1878– 12 September 1956) was a German novelist and poet, known mostly for his autobiographical novels.

He was born in Bad Tölz, and studied medicine, working as a field surgeon from 1916 to 1918.

He was awarded the Swiss Gottfried Keller Prize in 1931, and the Goethe Prize in 1938.

He died in Rittsteig bei Passau.

Works

• Eine Kindheit (1922) novel, translated as Childhood
• A Roumanian Diary (1924), about the 3 months he spent as a military physician on the Romanian Front during WWI.
• Verwandlungen einer Jugend (1928) novel
• Doctor Gion (1931)
• Führung und Geleit (1933) essays
• Tagebuch eines jungen Arztes (1955)

German poets | German novelists | 1878 births | 1956 deaths

Hans Carossa