Edwin Bormann
Edwin Bormann (born April 14, 1851 in Leipzig ; † May 3, 1912 there ) was a German writer. He also published under the pseudonym Bliemchen .
Life
After he had to break off a degree in architecture that he had begun at the Royal Saxon Polytechnic in Dresden in 1867 for health reasons, he studied natural sciences, art history, German and philosophy in Leipzig and Bonn from 1869 to 1875 . He then returned to his hometown Leipzig, where he founded his own publishing house in 1888 to publish his works. In 1909, together with Georg Bötticher and Arthur von Oettingen, he founded the Leoniden Artists' Association , which in 1918 donated a memorial plaque to him and Bötticher at Leipzig City Hall . For decades he worked for the satirical and humorous German weekly Fliegende Blätter .
plant
Bormann stood out primarily as a Saxon dialect poet. In addition, he wrote poetry collages like his Schilleressenz , in which he assembled quotations to a new text in the style of the Cento . The title of his book Every Thierchen Has Its Pläsierchen entered the German treasure trove of quotations.
In several publications he also advocated the so-called Shakespeare-Bacon theory , which Francis Bacon holds for the author of the works published under the name of the actor William Shakespeare . In contrast to other proponents of the theory, he tried - by his own admission - to provide evidence by showing an "indissoluble connection" between the Shakespeare poems and the scientific and philosophical works of Bacon. The storm is a parable on Bacon's natural philosophy, Lear on economics and Hamlet on anthropology.
Publications (selection)
- Reineke Fuchs (Free adaptation of the Low German Reinke de Vos.) . Flemming, Glogau 1881 (together with Julius Lohmeyer and Fedor Flinzer ).
- De Säck'sche Schweiz and the beloved Dräsen. Patriotic rhyme and Farwen-Boesien . Fischer, Leipzig 1891.
- Leipz'ger Larks . Neie Boesieen from ännen alden Leibz`ger. Edwin Bormann`s Selbstverlag Leipzig Publishing year 1893, 160 pp.
- The Shakespeare Secret . Bormann, Leipzig 1894.
- Bacon-Shakespeare's treasure trove of anecdotes. Cheerful and serious self-confessions of the poet-scholar . Bormann self-published, Leipzig, 1895.
- S book by Klabberstorche , undated
- The historical proof of the Bacon-Shakespeare theory. Bormann, Leipzig 1897.
- When Gedhe and Schiller are rentable. Ä classic laurel wreath . Self-published, Leipzig 1899.
- The art of the pseudonym. 12 literary-historical-bibliographical essays. Bormann self-published, Leipzig 1901.
- Francis Bacon's rhyme cipher and its revelations . Self-published, Leipzig 1906.
literature
- Fedor Bochow: Bormann, August Edwin (pseudonym: Bliemchen) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- Adolph Kohut: cheerful songs from Rügen with unprinted humorous poems by Edwin Bormann . Claudius, Wandsbek in Holstein 1911
- Adolph Kohut : Saxon Humorists, Vol. 1: Edwin Bormann . In: The Leipziger. Illustrated weekly , Vol. 2 (1907), SA. 61-73.
- Karlheinz Merkel: The praise put on the extreme. Edwin Bormann 1851-1912 . In: Waldstrassenviertel. Publication series by “PRO Leipzig” , Vol. 9 (1996), pp. 46-48.
- Richard Wülker : Edwin Bormann's Shakespeare secret . In: Communications from the entire area of the English language and literature , vol. 5 (1894/95), issue 3/4.
- Bormann, Edwin . In: Deutsches Literaturlexikon 1, pp. 802ff.
- Literature by and about Edwin Bormann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bormann, Edwin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flowers |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1912 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |