Felix Dhünen

Felix Dhünen was the writing pseudonym of the director and actor Franz Sondinger. Sondinger first lived as a sculptor in Munich and later in Italy, then in Naumburg / Saale. In the 1920s he was an actor and director in Berlin. Besides his cinematic work, he wrote as Franz Dhünen.

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin Dhünen won the gold medal in the category Lyric Works with his poem Der Läufer (The Runner). The poem reports about the messenger who announced the victory to Athens after the battle of Marathon. This story was the basis for the marathon run at Olympic Games.