Adolf Glaser

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Adolf Glaser
Signature your devoted Dr. A. Glaser under a letter to George Westermann dated November 23, 1856.

Adolf Glaser , also Adolph Glaser ; Pseudonym : Reinald Reimar (born December 15, 1829 in Wiesbaden , Duchy of Nassau ; † March 21, 1915 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German writer , journalist and editor .

Life

Adolf Glaser first devoted himself to the art trade in Mainz , then prepared for the university and from 1853 studied history and philosophy at the University of Berlin . In 1856 he took over the editing of the newly founded cultural magazine “ Westermanns MONTHS ” in Braunschweig and held this position with interruptions until 1907.

Works

Glaser began his writing career with the dramas Kriemhildens Rache (Hamburg 1853) and Penelope (Hamburg 1854) , published under the pseudonym Reinald Reimar .

The novels Family Schaller (Prague 1857, 2 volumes) and others followed under his own name . Bianca Candiano (Hanover 1859); Stories and short stories (Braunschweig 1862, 3 volumes); Poems (1862); the tragedy Galileo Galilei (Berlin 1861); the novel What is truth? (Braunschweig 1869) and reading evenings (1867, 4 volumes); also the house spirit of Frau von Estobal (Berlin 1877); Schlitzwang (1878); A Magdalen without a halo (1878); Female Demons (1879, 2 volumes); the collection of novels from the 18th century (Leipzig 1880); Wulfhilde, novel from the 12th century (Berlin 1880); Modern opposites (Leipzig 1881); From high regions (Wismar 1882); Savonarola (Leipzig 1883); The Missing Document (1883); Cordula (1885); The Miss von Villecour (Dresden 1885).

In addition, Glaser turned preferably to the free arrangement of Dutch productions and thus contributed to the introduction of a number of Dutch authors in Germany at Hänschen Siebenstern , after Jacob van Lennep (Braunschweig 1867); Dutch short stories (1867); Abroad , after Gerard Keller (1868); Doctor Helmond and his wife , after Cremer (that. 1874.); Lideweide , after Conrad Busken Huet (1874); The Worker Princess after Jacobus Jan Cremer (1875); The son-in-law of Mrs. von Roggeveen (1876) and Jeannette and Juanito (Leipzig 1881), after Jan ten Brink ; The schoolmaster's house , after Gerard Keller (Braunschweig 1877); Von der Bretterwelt (Berlin 1882) and others. He also wrote a history of the theater in Braunschweig (Braunschweig 1861).

literature

  • Ralf Georg Czapla :  Raabe, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , pp. 55-58 ( digitized version ). (Secondary entry)
  • Stefan Jordan:  Reuter, Gabriele. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 469 f. ( Digitized version ). (Secondary entry)
  • Eberhard Rohse : Adolf Glaser as a Braunschweig writer. In: Herbert Blume , Eberhard Rohse (Hrsg.): Literature in Braunschweig between Vormärz and the early days (= Braunschweiger Werkstücke. Vol. 84 = Braunschweiger Werkstücke. Series A: Publications from the city archive. Vol. 33 = Bibliophile writings of the Literary Association Braunschweig eV Vol. 39). Braunschweig City Library, Braunschweig 1993, ISBN 3-87884-037-3 , pp. 155-214.
  • Eberhard Rohse: Adolf Glaser and his Braunschweig drama "Hennig Braband". In: Adolf Glaser: Hennig Braband. Historical tragedy in four acts plus a prelude (= Writings of the Braunschweig Literary Association. Vol. 40, ZDB -ID 1205325-9 = Braunschweig Literary Association eV annual edition. 1993, ZDB -ID 2247208-3 ). Reprint of the 1857 edition. Edited by Eberhard Rohse with an afterword and a bibliography. Literary Association, Braunschweig 1993, pp. 43-65.
  • Eberhard Rohse: Glaser, Adolf. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Hrsg.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries. Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 212.

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personal data
SURNAME Glaser, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reimar, Reinald (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden , Duchy of Nassau
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1915
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau