German writer. After training as a primary school teacher, he studied philosophy and comparative linguistics in Halle and, from 1921, worked as an editor for various newspapers, including "Vorwärts," the party organ of the SPD. There he published (illegally) his novel "The Black Knight," a book about Karl Marx's stay in Paris during the years 1844 to 1848. After his books had also been handed over to the flames during the book burning in 1933, he emigrated, living in Switzerland and Austria, where he wrote for the Wiener Tag but also for the cabaret "Der liebe Augustin." After the "Anschluss" of Austria in 1938, he moved to the Balkans, which he had already traveled to as a young man (hence the chosen name "Mostar"), and lived in Belgrade. During his emigration, he made his way as a private tutor, director, translator, and journalist. From 1948 Mostar lived in Stuttgart and worked as a court reporter for Radio Stuttgart. From the 1950s, he processed these reports, which were also broadcast nationwide, into books, including "Im Namen des Gesetzes" (1950), "Unschuldig verurteilt" (1956), "Nehmen Sie das Urteil an?" (1957) or "Liebe vor Gericht" (1961). Finally, he became well-known for the novels "Der Aufruhr des schiefen Calm" (1929) and "Der Schwarze Ritter" (1933). Mostar also wrote dramas such as "Meier Helmbrecht" (1946). Together with Robert A. Stemmle, in 1963, he published "Der neue Pitaval" (1963), a "Collection of Famous and Strange Criminal Cases."
German writer. After training as a primary school teacher, he studied philosophy and comparative linguistics in Halle and, from 1921, worked as an editor for various newspapers, including "Vorwärts," the party organ of the SPD. There he published (illegally) his novel "The Black Knight," a book about Karl Marx's stay in Paris during the years 1844 to 1848. After his books had also been handed over to the flames during the book burning in 1933, he emigrated, living in Switzerland and Austria, where he wrote for the Wiener Tag but also for the cabaret "Der liebe Augustin." After the "Anschluss" of Austria in 1938, he moved to the Balkans, which he had already traveled to as a young man (hence the chosen name "Mostar"), and lived in Belgrade. During his emigration, he made his way as a private tutor, director, translator, and journalist. From 1948 Mostar lived in Stuttgart and worked as a court reporter for Radio Stuttgart. From the 1950s, he processed these reports, which were also broadcast nationwide, into books, including "Im Namen des Gesetzes" (1950), "Unschuldig verurteilt" (1956), "Nehmen Sie das Urteil an?" (1957) or "Liebe vor Gericht" (1961). Finally, he became well-known for the novels "Der Aufruhr des schiefen Calm" (1929) and "Der Schwarze Ritter" (1933). Mostar also wrote dramas such as "Meier Helmbrecht" (1946). Together with Robert A. Stemmle, in 1963, he published "Der neue Pitaval" (1963), a "Collection of Famous and Strange Criminal Cases."
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