Ernst Hardt


Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Hardt, born Ernst Stöckhardt, was a German playwright, poet, and novelist.
Hardt was born in Graudenz, West Prussia.
He is the author of Priester des Todes, Bunt ist das Leben, An den Toren des Lebens, and the plays Der Kampf ums Rosenrote, Ninon von Lenclos, Tantris der Narr, Gudrun, and Konig Salomo. He was director of the National Theater in Weimar, the Schauspiel Köln in Cologne, and the Westdeutscher Rundfunk..
He worked with Bertolt Brecht on some experimental radio broadcasts.
He was removed from his position with by the Nazis.
Hardt died in Ichenhausen.