Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg
Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg (born June 16, 1883 in Weimar , † November 7, 1964 in Weimar) was a German writer. From 1939 he belonged to Bamberg's group of poets, which was influenced by the Nazis .
Life
Schellenberg was the son of the court counselor and director of the Sophienstift, Prof. Dr. Ernst Viktor Schellenberg , born in Weimar. His father wrote the Thuringian song under the pseudonym Ernst Veit . Ernst Ludwig received an education allowance from the Grand Duke of Weimar, which enabled him to study German and philosophy in Jena , Leipzig and Munich , but did not complete his studies. He accepted engagements as an actor at the stages in Meiningen and Eisenach , but gave up this profession. He then settled in Weimar and for a short time in Bad Frankenhausen as a private scholar and freelance writer .
His literary work includes numerous volumes of poetry, prose (including novellas and the novel Irene ), cultural and local studies, also translations from Danish and French, as well as literary and art history studies, especially on German mysticism and romanticism .
A broad impact of his poetry and prose was denied to him, just as the contemporary poetry lexicons ignore him. However, many of his poems were set to music by contemporary composers, such as Hugo Kaun , Max Reger , Richard Wetz , who was close friends with Schellenberg at times ( Three poems by Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg for voice and piano, op. 30), Franz Schreker and Joseph Haas ( Symphonic Suite Day and Night for high voice and orchestra op. 58).
He also achieved greater success with his homeland books Thuringia (1923) and Contemplative Weimar (1942 with a new edition in 1977) as well as with his literary and art history works, especially with Deutsche Mystik (1921) and The Book of German Romanticism (1924). The latter two were reprinted in the war years. The vague metaphysical terminology in his works brought Schellenberg into the context of the literature preferred by National Socialism , without standing on the orthodox basis of the National Socialist worldview; this is also shown in a programmatic writing by Heinz Kindermann .
In 1925 he also published the letters of the romantic painter Franz Horny (1798–1824) , who came from Weimar, as well as contributions to lesser-known German romantic poets.
After the end of the war, Schellenberg's work Der Fremdkörper im Christianentum (1936) in the Soviet occupation zone and the German wake-up calls Paul de Lagardes (1934) compiled by him were placed on the list of literature to be segregated in the German Democratic Republic .
Works
- The lyric of France today , 1912
- Novellas from Italy by Stendhal , 1913
- German mysticism , 1920
- Irene, Roman , 1922
- Thuringia, Heimatbuch , 1923
- The Book of German Romanticism , 1924
- The painter Franz Horny , 1925
- Forgotten Romance , 1941
- Contemplative Weimar , 1942
estate
His estate is now in the University Archive / Thuringian State Music Archive Weimar.
literature
- Elisabeth Schellenberg: Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg in memoriam. In: Mitteilungen der E.-T.-A.-Hoffmann-Gesellschaft 13, 1967, p. 46.
swell
- The Bamberg Poets' Circle 1936–1943 , pp. 204–207 (Wulf Segebrecht).
- German Literature Lexicon , founded by Wilhelm Kosch, Volume 14, Col. 403; at Franncke Verlag Bern, 1992.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1948-nslit-s.html
- ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1953-nslit-l.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schellenberg, Ernst Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weimar |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1964 |
| Place of death | Weimar |