Gretel Adorno
Gretel Adorno
Gretel Adorno (née Karplus) was born in Berlin in 1902. She held a PhD in chemistry and from 1933 to 1937 managed a Berlin-based company that manufactured leather gloves. In the late 1920s, she was affiliated with numerous intellectuals including Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch and Bertolt Brecht. In 1923, she met Theodor W. Adorno, whom she married in exile in London in 1937. In 1938, the couple emigrated to the United States. They returned to Germany in 1953. Until her death in 1993, Gretel Adorno lived in Frankfurt am Main.
Gretel Adorno (née Karplus) was born in Berlin in 1902. She held a PhD in chemistry and from 1933 to 1937 managed a Berlin-based company that manufactured leather gloves. In the late 1920s, she was affiliated with numerous intellectuals including Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch and Bertolt Brecht. In 1923, she met Theodor W. Adorno, whom she married in exile in London in 1937. In 1938, the couple emigrated to the United States. They returned to Germany in 1953. Until her death in 1993, Gretel Adorno lived in Frankfurt am Main.
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Year of Publication: 2005
Gretel Adorno, Walter BenjaminYear of Publication: 2005
Correspondence 1930 - 1940
The correspondence between Gretel Adorno and Walter Benjamin began in 1930, but only after Benjamin’s emigration to France did it reach its full intensity, standing not only as a testament to...
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Year of Publication: 1997
Theodor W. AdornoYear of Publication: 1997
Collected Writings in 20 Volumes
As the primary figure behind Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School, as an essayist and critic of society, a music theorist and composer, a sociologist and high-school teacher, Adorno made a...
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Year of Publication: 1973
Theodor W. AdornoYear of Publication: 1973
Aesthetic Theory
The »Aesthetic Theory« is Adorno’s last major work which was close to completion when he died. It is considered one of his main workds and was undoubtedly planned as such by Adorno: Aesthetic...
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