KELLER, PAUL. — German narrator, born in Arnsdorf, near Schneidewitz in Silesia, on 6 July 1873, died in Breslau on 20 August 1932. Initially a teacher, he became a writer in 1908 and for years founded and directed the monthly journal Die Bergstadt.
His widely read works reveal his Catholic spirit, his firm morality, his sympathetic humanity, and his intimacy of feeling. In addition to numerous novels, including Waldwinter (1902); Die Heimat (1904); Der Sohn
der Hagar (1907); Die alte Krone (1909); Ferien vom Ich (1915); Hubertus (1918); In fremden Spiegeln (1920); Dorfjunge (1925); Maria Heinrich (1926), he left several collections of short stories: Gold und Myrrhe (1898); Stille Strassen (1912).
BIBL.: P. K., special issue of the journal Wir Schleier, 13 (1932), pp. 77–96. Alba Cori