Alfred Kerr

Alfred Kerr , born Alfred Kempner, was an influential German theatre critic and essayist of Jewish descent, nicknamed the Kulturpapst .

Kerr was one of two recorded children born into a prosperous family in Breslau, Silesia. His father, Meyer Emanuel Kempner, was a wine trader and factory owner. Alfred Kerr took the surname Kerr in 1887, making the change officially in 1909. He studied literature in Berlin with Erich Schmidt. He was also taught by Theodor Fontane. Alfred Kerr subsequently worked as a reviewer for numerous newspapers and magazines. With the publisher Paul Cassirer he founded the artistic review Pan in 1910.

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