Emil Poerksen

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Emil Pörksen (born July 7, 1840 in Rettin , † October 26, 1920 in Itzehoe ) was a German proofreader and author.

Life

Peter Christian Emil Pörksen was a son of the village school teacher Jens Pörksen. He attended the village school and did an apprenticeship as a printer in Neustadt in Holstein from 1855 to 1860 . He then went on a hike until 1867 and then worked at the Kiel University Book Printing Company until 1872 . Then he went to Itzehoe and became a proofreader in JG Pfingsten's book printer. Poerksen published mainly in the magazine Die Heimat .

Works

  • Storm Bride. A picture from the beach . 1894

literature

  • Rudolf Eckart : Handbook for the history of the Low German literature . Bremen 1911, p. 293
  • Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Vol. 5, 6th edition Leipzig, 1913, p. 328 ( digitized version )

Remarks

  1. ↑ List of publications in: Die Heimat. Table of contents for years 1 to 53 . Neumünster 1956, p. 77f.
personal data
SURNAME Poerksen, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German proofreader and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Rescue woman
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1920
Place of death Itzehoe