Alfred Bock (writer)
Alfred Bock (born October 14, 1859 in Gießen ; † March 6, 1932 there ) was a German manufacturer and writer .
Life
Alfred Bock came from a long-established, wealthy and artistic Gießen Jewish family; he resigned from Judaism in 1926. The father was a manufacturer and ran a cigar factory in Gießen, which was taken over by his son Alfred, who stayed in his hometown for his entire life. His extensive trade trips took him across Hesse and gave him an insight into the life and thoughts of the population.
His son Werner Bock (1893–1962) also became a writer.
Artistic creation
Bock's numerous contemporary stories and novels are largely forgotten today. During his lifetime he was highly regarded as a Hessian local poet. Carl Zuckmayer had the intention to dramatize Bock's novels, but ultimately did not realize this plan.
With his Vogelsberg stories (for example Der Hausierer ), which appeared in preprint in the Lauterbacher Anzeiger , he reached a wide audience and was able to set a lasting memorial to the farming population of the Vogelsberg.
Awards and honors
- 1918 Honorary doctorate from the Ludwigs-Universität Gießen (today Justus-Liebig-Universität )
- 1924 Georg Büchner Prize
A street in Giessen is named after him.
Works (in selection)
- Poems , 1889
- German poets in their relationships with music , 1893
- From a small university town. Art-historical pictures , 1896
- The Princess of Sestri , 1900
- Children of the People , novel, 1900
- Albertine of Green. A love story from the genius period , 1910
- The measurement run and other novellas , 1913
- The hard clod. Selected novels and short stories , 1913
- The Empty Church , Roman, 1915
- The Maw , 1920
- Paths in the shade, short stories , 1930
Diaries
- Alfred Bock, diaries , ed. v. Werner Bock
Revisions
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Alfred Bock. Collected works , ed. v. Erwin Leibfried. Hitzeroth, Marburg 1992–1994
- Vol. 1: Der Grenzgang ISBN 3-89398-112-8
- Vol. 2: Der Flurschütz ISBN 3-89398-125-X
- Vol. 3: peddler ISBN 3-89398-153-5
literature
- Fritz Droop: Alfred Bock. A picture of life and work. Braun, Marburg 1919
- Michael Keuerleber: Alfred Bock Bibliography. Litblockin, Fernwald 1990, ISBN 3-923915-59-4
- Michael Keuerleber: Alfred-Bock-Reader. Litblockín, Fernwald 1991, ISBN 3-923915-65-9
- Michael Keuerleber: Investigations into the work of Alfred Bocks . (= Gießen work on recent German literature and literary studies; 15). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1996, ISBN 3-631-48848-3
- Günter Schweig: Bock, Alfred. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 341 ( digitized version ).
- A street name in Gießen and “A seeker for the heart of things”. The writer Alfred Bock ". In: Literarisches Leben in Oberhessen, Gießen 1993
- Alfred Bock (1859-1932). A writer from Giessen . Exhibition catalog. Giessen University Library, Giessen 1979 ( digitized version )
- Bock, Alfred. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 3: Birk – Braun. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-598-22683-7 , pp. 233-239.
Web links
- Alfred and Werner Bock Archive
- Literature by and about Alfred Bock in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Alfred Bock in the German Digital Library
- Search for Alfred Bock in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Works by Alfred Bock in the Gutenberg-DE project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Keuerleber, Alfred Bock Reading Book 1991, p. 45.
- ↑ Michael Keuerleber, Alfred Bock Reading Book, Gießen 1991, p. 101
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bock, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manufacturer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | to water |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1932 |
| Place of death | to water |