Emil Schneider (writer)

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Heinrich Emil Schneider , pseudonyms E. Sartorius , Sartorius Episcopus and ES von Mühlberg (born January 29, 1839 in Mühlberg ; † April 28, 1928 in Hasbrouck Heights ) was a German-American bookseller , pastor , missionary and writer .

Life

Emil Schneider was born in Mühlberg / Elbe in 1839 . From 1862 to 1864 he served as a soldier. Then he became a bookseller in Torgau . In 1874 he emigrated to America, studied in Bloomfield theology and became a minister. From then on he lived alternately in America and Germany. Schneider returned to Germany in 1878 and took up further studies here in Leipzig. After he returned to work as a pastor in America in 1880, he became editor of the newspaper “Deutscher Morgenstern” in Berlin in 1886 . In the following years he went on mission trips to the South Seas and finally moved to America again. Here he lived in Hoboken since 1893 .

Schneider also made major business trips to Russia , France and England, among others . In the course of his life he made a name for himself as a storyteller, translator, playwright, travel writer and poet. He also wrote under the pseudonyms E. Sartorius , Sartorius Episcopus and ES von Mühlberg . Furthermore, he worked as an editor of numerous magazines. Among other things, he published the “Belletristische Journal” from 1893, the “Neue Preussische Zeitung” from 1892 to 1907 and the “News from Germany and America” from 1893 to 1907.

Works (selection)

  • From the knapsack of a Prussian volunteer, 1864;
  • The ghost of the Czar, or: The sleigh ride from Moscow to Warsaw. Dreamed and experienced things from the portfolio of a literary craftsperson, 1869;
  • The word of truth. The history of salvation of the old and the new covenant in the guise of poetry. A poet's Bible as a companion on a journey through life, 1879;
  • Isabella at the Nuremberg Reichstag (from 1524), 1880;
  • Ulfila, 1882;
  • Serious and cheerful in prose and verse, 1882;
  • From the childhood memories of an old wooden slipper. A nailed-up story, corrected and supplemented according to own and third-party reports, 1882;
  • Atlantis germanica. Contributions to the history of Germans in America from their earliest immigration to their present expansion, 1883;
  • New German Hero Books (1740–1880), 1883;
  • Forest poet of Bassenheim. Epic Poetry, 1884;
  • Patchwork. Serious and cheerful in prose and verse, 1885;
  • From St. Louis to Bremen. Poetic Travel Diary Pages, 1885;
  • The Song of Prince Friedrich Karl, 1885;
  • Travel diary, 1885;
  • Poems, 1886;
  • Memoirs of a Cosmopolitan. Memories of a homesick wanderer, 1887;
  • Poems, 1896;
  • German deeds. A festival game for the German days, Hoboken 1905;
  • Association of Old German Students in America. Lipsia. Germania 1409, 1909;
  • Columbia. Presented to the good mother at the turn of the century by her sons in the land of unlimited possibilities, 1909;
  • America, 1909;
  • Collected Works, 1924.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e German Literature Lexicon. The 20th century . tape 21 . De Gruyter, Berlin; New York; Boston 2001.
  2. ^ Michael Holzmann: German Pseudonym Lexicon . Academic Publishing House, Vienna; Leipzig 1908, p. 188 .
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Heinrich Emil (full name); Schneider, HE; Sartorius Episcopus; Sartorius, E .; Mühlberg, ES from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American bookseller, pastor, missionary and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Muhlberg
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1928
Place of death Hasbrouck Heights