El presente trabajo aborda la relación de amistad que unió a Carson McCullers y Klaus Mann, la cual se materializó en Decision, revista que el escritor alemán fundó en 1941 con el propósito de combatir el fascismo y en la que la novelista sureña publicó su ensayo «El realismo ruso y la literatura del Sur», además de su primer poema. Gracias al pormenorizado estudio de las circunstancias en que se fraguó la amistad entre ambos, Klaus Mann, otrora un frívolo y transgresor esteta, y Carson McCullers, habitualmente preocupada por la soledad existencial, aparecerán como dos sujetos políticos en lucha contra el fascismo y a favor de los exiliados, a quienes la autora norteamericana homenajeó en su relato «Los extranjeros», el cual entraña, en primer y último término, una honda muestra de lealtad y afecto hacia su compañero. 

Carson McCullers and Klaus Man: two mystical libertarians united against fascism.

Chronicle of their friendship and their cooperation in the magazine Decision.

Abstract:

This article addresses the friendship between Carson McCullers and Klaus Mann, which was forged in Decision, the magazine founded by the German writer in 1941 with the purpose of fighting fascism. This is where the American novelist C. McCullers published her essay “Russian Realism and the Southern Literature”, as well as her first poem. Furthermore, these pages provide an insightful analysis into the circumstances in which the friendship between the two authors was developed. On the other hand, within this study K. Mann, formerly a frivolous and transgressive aesthete, and C. McCullers, who was usually concerned with existential loneliness, will both be revealed as political subjects combating fascism and standing up for Second World War refugees. Regarding these people in exile, McCullers wrote the short story “The foreigners”, which first and foremost entails a deep show of loyalty and affection towards her comrade, Klaus Mann.