- Max Halbe was born on October 4, 1865 in Güttland, Pomerania, Germany [now Kozliny, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Der Strom (1922), Jugend (1922) and Wenn du noch eine Heimat hast (1942). He was married to Luise Heck. He died on November 30, 1944 in Neuötting, Bavaria, Germany.
- SpouseLuise Heck(1890 - November 30, 1944) (his death, 3 children)
- He studied history and Germanic philology at the University of Berlin, 1885-1887. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Munich in 1888.
- In the spring of 1890, he wrote the play Free Love (German: Freie Liebe), later called Ein Verhältnis (1895). He married the same year.
- Halbe's play, the comedy The Tourist in America (German: Der Amerikafahrer) made the impression of being witless, and his reputation rapidly declined. Constant laments were uttered by critics as to his failure to fulfill the promise of his early work. Halbe decided to move to the rural atmosphere of Kreuzlingen, on Lake Constance, in 1894.
- Halbe died in the age of 79 at his manor house.
- In Berlin and Munich, Halbe became acquainted with the leaders of the new naturalistic movement in German literature, and became associated with the Free Stage (German: Freie Bühne) movement in 1889. He was strongly influenced by the association with, and the works of, Johannes Schlaf and Arno Holt. Halbe was not entirely in accord with the Freie Bühne, and with consistent naturalism (see Gerhart Hauptmann), as the latter deviated considerably from his own tendencies.
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