Erich Arendt

Erich Otto Reinhold Arendt (15 April 1903 – 25 September 1984) was a German poet and translator.

In his youth, he changed many professions, he worked as an agricultural worker, a theater set designer, a bank clerk, a journalist and a teacher in an experimental school.

[1] After the Nazi seizure of power in Germany, Arendt who was a Communist and the husband of a half-Jewish woman, emigrated to Switzerland.

Then in 1940 he emigrated through France to Colombia, where he spent almost ten years in Indian settlements.

[3] Upon returning, he attempted to join the ruling SED, however this was denied and Arendt was under constant supervision.