Arthur R.G. Solmssen
Arthur R.G. Solmssen (born September 29, 1928, New York)[1] is a lawyer and novelist.
History
Arthur R.G. Solmssen spent his early childhood in Berlin, and his adolescence and later youth in the suburbs of Philadelphia.[1] He studied at Harvard University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his law degree in 1953.[1] He was called to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1953 and commenced working as a lawyer in Philadelphia. His professional affiliation is Of Counsel to Saul Ewing LLP.[2]
Solmssen has published several novels, the most famous of which is A Princess in Berlin (1980). Solmssen received the Athenaeum Literary Award for the novel.[3] A Princess in Berlin is a portrait of the early Weimar Republic, and has been the subject of multiple translations.[4] Solmssen's works are catalogued by the German National Library, among others.[5]
The Comfort Letter, Solmssen's 1975 novel concerning ethics and assurances in public offerings, has been the subject of contemporary academic analysis in law.[6]
Solmssen is a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar, with which he maintains an active association.[7]
He recently finished a book about German flier Ernst Udet.
Solmssen has three sons, Peter York Solmssen, Kurt A. Solmssen, and A.R.G. Solmssen Junior.
Bibliography
- 1969 Rittenhouse Square (Hodder & Stoughton)[8]
- 1971 Alexander's Feast[9]
- 1975 The Comfort Letter (Little, Brown and Company)
- 1980 A Princess in Berlin (Little, Brown and Company)[10]
- 1986 Takeover Time (Little, Brown and Company)
- 2000 The Wife of Shore: A Search[11]
References
- 1 2 3 Profile of Arthur Solmssen; www.acamedia.info.
- ↑ Martindale Lawyer Profile; www.martindale.com
- ↑ List of Athenaeum Award recipients; www.philaathenaeum.org.
- ↑ For example, Une princesse à Berlin, Éditions Robert Laffont, 1982.
- ↑ Arthur Solmssen German Wikipedia article; www.de.wikipedia.org.
- ↑ Richard W. Painter (University of Minnesota), "Irrationality and Cognitive Bias at a Closing in Arthur Solmssen's The Comfort Letter", 69 Fordham Law Review 1111 (2000) (Annual Ethics Symposium), reprinted in 34 Securities Law Review 285-311 (2002). Solmssen is also referenced by Richard H. Weisberg in "Wigmore and the Law and Literature Movement". Law and Literature 21:1 (Spring, 2009), 129-145; www.caliber.ucpress.net, with reference to John Wigmore.
- ↑ See Memories of Salzburg: Evening Social for Salsburg Global Fellows; www.salzburgglobal.org.
- ↑ Paperback edition by Hodder and Stoughton, 1970.
- ↑ Paperback edition by Pocket Books, 1973.
- ↑ Paperback editions by Ballantine Books, 1981; Penguin Books, 1982.
- ↑ Paperback edition by Mill Creek Press, 2000.