Max Kretzer
Max Kretzer | |
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Max Kretzer from an 1897 postcard by Bart und Jacke | |
| Born | 7 July 1854 Posen, Prussia |
| Died | 15 July 1941 (aged 87) Berlin. Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Author |
| Known for | Social realism |
Max Kretzer (7 June 1854 – 15 July 1941) was a German writer. He left school at the age of thirteen and worked in a factory for twelve years. He became a prolific and successful novelist in the social realist style, depicting common working people.