Kappus served on the Eastern Front during WW1 and was
wounded. He married his nurse in
Stuttgart. In 1917, he edited the
Belgrade News.
Kappus edited
Rilke’s letters to him about poetry, writing a book that was published in 1929.
After fifteen years serving in the Army, Kappus worked as a newspaper editor
and wrote poems, short stories, sketches and screen plays.
After the Second World War, Kappus founded
the Free Democratic Party in Berlin. He
died on 9th October 1966.
