Ernst Otto Hopp
Ernst Otto Hopp (born October 1, 1841 in Abtshagen near Grimmen , today the district of Vorpommern-Rügen ; † July 1910 in Munich ) was a German writer and journalist.
Life
Hopp studied at the universities of Breslau , Greifswald and Berlin . In 1866 he went to the USA, worked for a few years as a teacher at Grammar School 19 in New York City and during this time made trips to California , Florida , Cuba and Bermuda .
In 1875 he returned to Germany and wrote several books on the United States in Bromberg . He also founded the East German Press there and directed it for several years. From 1881 he lived in Berlin as editor of the German (Schorer's) family paper and the weekly Echo, which he founded in 1882 .
Works
In addition to numerous articles and short stories in magazines, he has published:
- Transatlantic voices. A song cycle. Stuttgart 1876.
- Transatlantic Sketchbook. Pen drawings from American life. Berlin 1876.
- Under the stars and stripes. Forays into the life and literature of the Americans. Bromberg 1877.
- History of the United States of America. 3 volumes, Leipzig 1884–1886.
- Federal state and Federal War in North America (= general history in individual representations ) , Berlin 1886.
- In the big city. Berlin 1885.
literature
- Hopp, Ernst Otto . In: Robert E. Ward: A Bio-Bibliography of German-American Writers. Kraus, White Plains, NY 1985, ISBN 0-527-94444-0 , p. 136.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Otto Hopp in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Ernst Otto Hopp in the state bibliography MV
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hopp, Ernst Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abtshagen near Grimmen , Vorpommern-Ruegen district |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1910 |
| Place of death | Munich |