Rudolph Friedmann was a bookseller and writer. His writing is consistently experimental in form. He typically combines essay and fictional narrative. The one overwhelming influence on his writing was Sigmund Freud; though as is evident from the following, existentialism, especially Kirkegaard, is also important for him. Gershon Legman, in No Laughing Matter, describes his work as ‘poetic or “aphoristic” analysis.’
Very
little has been written about him. He appears in the background of a few works
of literary history and biography: see section 2. Read those to see why I am
fascinated by him.
Updated
11 February 2026.
