Albert Herzog (writer)

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Albert Herzog (born March 26, 1867 in Barmen (now part of Wuppertal ); † August 8, 1955 in Baden-Baden ) was a German writer , journalist , poet and storyteller . He was the older brother of the well-known writer Rudolf Herzog .

Life

Albert Herzog was born the son of a printer . His mother died in 1874. Herzog initially learned a commercial profession, but began writing at an early age. At the age of 18 he had already published a drama and several poems - the latter as a book of poems Jungwuppertal (1886) together with his brother and other authors. He was also giving lectures at this time.

So he soon turned to journalism and initially became editor-in-chief of the Generalanzeiger für Elberfeld-Barmen . From 1890 he worked in Berlin as head of the editorial office of the Frankfurter Journal and represented the Deutsche Zeitung from Moscow . In 1892 he became director of the literary office of the German Writers' Association. From 1893 to 1920 he was editor-in-chief of the Badische Presse from Karlsruhe , from 1922 to 1932 of the Barmer Zeitung . In Karlsruhe he was a member of the Freemason Lodge Leopold zur Loyalty .

After the end of his active working life, he lived in Baden-Baden, where he died in 1955.

He gained importance less as a writer than as a journalist, especially during his long career in Karlsruhe. The spectacular murder trial against Carl Hau also took place at this time , against whose outcome - death sentence with conversion to life imprisonment - Herzog expressed himself so vehemently that he himself was sentenced to one year in prison; Of these, however, he only served four months, from March to July 1909.

He maintained close contacts with the Baden court and received several awards, especially in connection with the First World War , both from the Grand Duke and on a national level.

His estate is now partly in the Baden State Library and partly in the Karlsruhe City Archives .

Works

  • Sulamith . Berlin 1892.
  • The Alexander song. Historical novel from the days of Bertold the Fifth von Zähringen . 1906
  • Germania’s homage . Karlsruhe 1895.
  • Fatherland . Krefeld 1913.
  • A court of muses in old Karlsruhe. A sketch for the 200th anniversary of the founding of the royal seat of Karlsruhe on June 17, 1915 , 1915 ( digitized version )

Awards

literature

  • Oppermann, Jürgen: "'I will be a journalist' - Albert Herzog's memories of Karlsruhe", in: Herzog, Albert: Your happy eyes. A journalist from Karlsruhe talks about his life . Karlsruhe: Literary Society and Info Verlag GmbH, 2008 ISBN 978-3-88190-500-8 , pp. 279-296.
  • Walter Schmähling:  Herzog, Rudolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 741 ( digitized version ). - Mention in the article on Albert's brother Rudolf Herzog

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karlsruhe: City history. Look into History No. 93 from December 23, 2011. Query date: July 9, 2012.
  2. ↑ This is how it emerges from his “Freiburg Diary”, which he wrote during this time and in which he noted his imprisonment in Freiburg every day. The diary has not yet been published; the original is in the Badische Landesbibliothek under the signature K 3247.51. ( Freiburg diary in Kalliope .)
  3. ^ Award certificate in the Badische Landesbibliothek, K 3247.
  4. ↑ Daily Anzeiger für Berg und Mark (Elberfeld), February 21, 1903, p. 1.
  5. ^ Award certificate in the Badische Landesbibliothek, K 3247.
  6. ^ Award certificate in the Badische Landesbibliothek, K 3247.
personal data
SURNAME Duke, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, journalist, poet and storyteller
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1955
Place of death Baden-Baden