Ernst Heilborn

Ernst Friedrich Heilborn (born June 10, 1867 in Berlin ; † May 16, 1942 ) was a German writer , critic and publicist .

life and work

After graduating from the French grammar school in Berlin, Heilborn studied philosophy, history and German at the universities in Jena and Berlin. He received his doctorate in 1890 with the work The vocabulary of the so-called first Silesian school of poets represented in word formation and word composition (sic!).

His journalistic activity began in the 1890s. He was the editor of several newspapers and magazines and from 1911 to 1933 editor of the literary echo (since 1923 Die Literatur ). From 1901 he reported on Berlin theater life for the Frankfurter Zeitung .

As a book author, he wrote cultural and literary histories and biographies, as well as several novels. From 1933 his journalistic activities were restricted due to his Jewish origin, in November 1936 a writing ban was imposed on him. In 1937 he traveled to Palestine, but returned to Germany. In 1942 he was refused to leave the country again and he and his wife were arrested while trying to escape. Heilborn died in prison.

Publications (selection)

Cultural historical writings

• From the spirit of the earth - a time guide. Egon Fleischel, Berlin 1921.
• Between two revolutions. 2 volumes:
  • Volume 1: The spirit of the Schinkel era (1789–1848). Berlin 1927.
  • Volume 2: The Spirit of the Bismarckian Age (1848–1918). Berlin 1929.
• The parlor - socializing in Berlin in the 19th century. Rikola, Vienna / Munich / Leipzig 1922.
• Travel to Germany in the old days. Societäts-Verlag Frankfurt am Main, 1934.
• The Fontane book. S. Fischer, Verlag, Berlin, 1919.

Fiction

• Kleefeld. Novel. Stuttgart 1900.
• The Samaritan. Novel. Berlin 1901.
• Joshua Kersten. Novel. Berlin 1908.
• The steep step. Novel. Egon Fleischel, Berlin 1910.
• The copper city. Legends. Berlin 1918.
• Fool and fool. Novella. Leipzig 1927.

Editorships

• Novalis : writings. Critical new edition due to the handwritten estate. 2 volumes. Berlin 1901.
• Eduard von Keyserling : Novels of the Twilight. Princesses (1915) ; On the southern slope (1914) ; Evening Houses (1913) ; In the quiet corner (1914) . Berlin, S. Fischer o. J.

literature

• Benno Reifenberg :  Heilborn, Ernst. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 257 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Heilborn, Ernst Friedrich. In: Christoph König (Ed.), With the assistance of Birgit Wägenbaur u. a .: Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950 . Volume 2: H-Q. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015485-4 , pp. 694-696, ( online ).
• Anneli Hartmann: Heilborn, Ernst (Friedrich). In: Walther Killy (abbreviation): Killy literature lexicon. Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. Volume 5: Har-Hug. 2nd, completely revised edition. Published by Wilhelm Kühlmann. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021391-1 , pp. 158–159.

Web links

Wikisource: Ernst Heilborn  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Ernst Heilborn in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by Ernst Heilborn in the Gutenberg-DE project