KELLERMANN, BERNHARD

born March 4, 1879, Frth, Ger. died Oct. 17, 1951, Potsdam, E.Ger. German journalist and writer best known for his novel Der Tunnel (1913; The Tunnel, 1915), a sensational technicalutopian work. Kellermann was a painter before he turned to writing. His early novels, Yester und Li (1904), Ingeborg (1906), and Der Tor (1909; The Fool, 1925), were written in the Neo-Romantic Impressionist manner. The renowned Tunnel was followed by Der 9. November (1921; The Ninth of November, 1925), inspired by the German revolution of 1918; Das blaue Band (1938; The Blue Band), based on the sinking of the ocean liner Titanic; and Totentanz (1948; Dance of Death). As a foreign correspondent for the Berliner Tageblatt during World War I, Kellermann wrote two journalistic novels, Der Krieg im Westen (1915; The War in the West) and Der Krieg im Argonnerwald (1916; War in the Argonne Forest), as well as a number of travel books.