Fritz Lau

Fritz Lau (1872–1966) was Low German writer, playwright and lyricist.

[1] Fritz Lau was born on 10 August 1872 in the fishing village of Möltenort near the north German city port of Kiel.

According to Lau, his mother was a good storyteller, who also regaled Klaus Groth with her stories when he occasionally stopped by.

[3] Lau went to school in Altheikendorf[2] and, at the age of 17, he entered the postal service where,[2] after an initial job as an assistant in the Kiel area, he worked in many parts of Germany.

Publishing very little during the Nazi era, he released a final collection of stories in 1962: Wat löppt de Tiet.