Allan Quatermain

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Allan Quatermain in a representation by Thure de Thulstrup (1888)

Allan Quatermain is a novel character by the English writer Henry Rider Haggard .

character

Quatermain is described as an English adventurer who experiences exciting adventures on the "dark" continent with his companions Sir Henry Curtis, Sir John Good and the African Umslopogaas. Haggard was inspired (according to his own statements) by the life and travel reports of the then well-known big game hunter Frederick Courteney Selous , whose life and personality the fictional character is based on. He also took the reports of Joseph Thomson as inspiration and he was also influenced by other adventurers he later met in Africa, especially the American scout Frederick Russell Burnham , as well as the ruins of old, "lost" civilizations, especially in the Southern African countries, for example in Zimbabwe , were discovered.

bibliography

Single novels
  • King Solomon's Mines (1885)
    • English: Umbopa - King of Kukuanaland. 1888. Diamond mines of Africa. 1898. King Solomon's Treasury. 1910. The Treasures of King Solomon. 1954. King Solomon's Treasury. Translated by Volker H. Schmied. Diogenes, 1995, ISBN 978-3257209204 .
  • Allan Quatermain (1887)
    • German: The unexplored land. Translated by Emil Albert Witte. 1896. Also as: Allan Quatermain. Translated by Joachim Pente. With an afterword by Franz Rottensteiner . Heyne SF&F # 3647, 1979, ISBN 3-453-30560-4 .
    • English: A lion fight in South Africa. A tale of three lions. In: Allan Quatermain the hunter. 1987.
  • Maiwa's Revenge, or: The War of the Little Hand (1888)
    • German: Revenge for Maiwa. 1987. In: Allan Quatermain the hunter. 1987.
  • Marie (1912)
  • Child of Storm (1913)
  • The Holy Flower (1915)
    • German: The Holy Flower. Translated by Artur Heye. Safari Verlag, 1925. The Sacred Flower. Translated by Hans Maeter. Heyne SF&F # 4135, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31135-3 .
  • The Ivory Child (1916)
    • German: The Ivory Child. Translated by Artur Heye. Safari-Verlag, 1925. Heyne SF&F # 4369, 1987, ISBN 3-453-00413-2 .
  • Finished (1917)
    • German: Zikalis Rache. Translated by Irene Holicki. Heyne SF&F # 4707, 1992, ISBN 3-453-04291-3 .
  • The Ancient Allan (1920)
    • German: The Allan of antiquity. Translated by Irene Holicki. Heyne SF&F # 4847, 1992, ISBN 3-453-05411-3 .
  • She and Allan (1921)
    • German: You and Allan. Translated by Hans Maeter. Heyne SF&F # 4133, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31118-3 .
  • Hay-hay (1924)
    • German: Heu-Heu or Das Ungeheuer. Translated by Niko Karapancsa. Stein, Vienna 1924. Heyne SF&F # 4466, 1988, ISBN 3-453-00988-6 .
  • Treasure of the Lake (1926)
  • Allan and The Ice Gods (1927)
    • German: Allan Quatermain and the Ice Gods. A story from the beginning. Translated by Hans Maeter. Heyne SF&F # 4368, 1987, ISBN 3-453-31377-1 .
Short stories and novellas
  • Hunter Quatermain's Story (1885)
  • Long Odds (1886)
  • A Tale of Three Lions (1887)
  • Suite des mines du roi Salomon (1888, French, with Thérèse Bentzon)
  • Allan's Wife (short stories, 1889)
    • German: The magician in Sululande. Translated by G. Eggert. Fehsenfeld, Freiburg i.Br. 1898.
  • Magepa the Buck (1912)
  • Zikali the Wizard (1913, excerpt from Child of Storm )
Collective editions
  • Allan's Wife and Other Tales (short stories, 1889)
  • Tales of Allan Quatermain and Others (2002)
  • Hunter Quatermain's Story: The Uncollected Adventures of Allan Quatermain (2004)
  • Allan Quatermain: The Zulu Trilogy (2008)
German collective edition

Film adaptations

The book of King Solomon's Treasury has been filmed several times. In 1937, director Robert Stevenson (King Solomon's Mines) made a film with Cedric Hardwicke as Allan Quatermain. A colorful version with Stewart Granger as Quatermain was King Solomon's Mines ( King Solomon's Mines , 1950), directed by J. Compton Bennett and Andrew V. Marton . Another version is Quatermain (1985) with Richard Chamberlain as Quatermain and Sharon Stone as his mistress. The film only vaguely sticks to the novel: The action takes place in 1913, and Quatermain has to do with some German soldiers who are looking for King Solomon's treasure . There was also a sequel, Quatermain II - In Search of the Mysterious City (1987), as well as a film about the adventures he had in his youth. In 2004 there was another film adaptation of King Salomon's Mines with Patrick Swayze in the lead role. In the 2006 film The Quest , the story is told as the adventure of a librarian.

Allan Quatermain stars as the aged adventurer in the comic book series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen . In the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , he was played by Sean Connery .

Web links

Commons : Allan Quatermain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ King Salomon's Mines (1937)