Ernst Preczang

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Ernst Preczang (born January 16, 1870 in Winsen an der Luhe , Lower Saxony; † July 22, 1949 in Sarnen , Switzerland) was an author of the labor movement .

Life

The son of a gendarme received an apprenticeship as a printer in Buxtehude . As a journeyman on the Walz , he began to write poetry. Since 1900 Preczang has been able to work full-time as a writer thanks to an inheritance. He first wrote dramas, utility poetry and short stories and also tried the ballad form. From 1904 to 1919 he was editor of the social democratic magazine "In free hours", a kind of left counterpart to entertainment papers like the gazebo . 1920 to 1921 editor of the newspaper supplement "Volk und Zeit".

Ernst Preczang was one of the founders of the " Gutenberg Book Guild ", of which he was chief editor from 1924 to 1927. Preczang's novels were also published by the Verlag der Büchergilde. The committed social democrat left Germany after Hitler came to power in 1933 and lived in Switzerland until his death.

Others

His estate is located in the Fritz Hüser Institute for Literature and Culture in the Working World in Dortmund .

Works

  • The prison song . Preczang (own print), Berlin - Charlottenburg (approx. 1899), 2 sheets, illustrated
  • Songs of an unemployed man . 2nd Edition. O. Koselowski, Berlin 1903, 31 pp.
  • In the flow of time . Poems. Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf., Stuttgart 1908, 164 pp.
    • In the flow of time . Poems. 4th significantly increased edition. Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf., Stuttgart 1921, 212 pp.
    • In the flow of time . Poems. With six woodcuts by Frans Masereel. 5. change Edition. Buchmeister - Verlag, Berlin 1929, 224 pp.
  • The lucky booth . Narrative. 1st edition. Haupt & Hammon, Leipzig, 1909, 168 pp.
  • The lucky booth . Narrative. 2nd Edition. Haupt & Hammon, Leipzig, (1919), 168 pp.
    • The lucky booth . Narrative. 3. Edition. Verlag Vorwärts, Berlin 1920, 111 pp.
    • The lucky booth . Narrative. 4th edition. Buchmeister Verlag, Berlin & Leipzig 1925
    • The lucky booth . Narrative. 5th edition. Book guild Gutenberg, Berlin 1930, 158 pp.
  • 66 Prologue for workers' parties . 1st edition. Buchhandlung Vorwärts Hans Weber, Berlin 1911, 163 pp.
  • The way out . Narrative. Verlag Vorwärts Paul Singer, Berlin 1912, 170 pp. (Vorwärts - Bibliothek, Vol. 2)
  • Driven to death . Two stories. Vorwärts, Berlin 1913, 151 p. (Vorwärts - Bibliothek, Vol. 6)
  • Teat, capital and other things . 1st - 5th Th., Vorwärts, Berlin 1918, 143 S. (Vorwärts - Library)
  • The shining tree and other short stories . Buchmeister - Verlag, Berlin & Leipzig 1925, 214 pp.
    • The shining tree and other short stories . Gutenberg Book Guild, Berlin 1930
  • In the breach of Satan . Fairy tale. With nine original woodcuts by Otto Rudolf Schatz . Font by Curt Reibetanz. Printed by Buchdruckwerkstätte GmbH Leipzig. 1st edition. Book guild Gutenberg, Leipzig 1925, 30 pp.
  • Blush, young day . Poems. 1st - 4th thousand, Arbeiterjugend - Verlag, Berlin 1927, 46 pp. (From: Im Strom der Zeit . 4th edition) (series of the German workers' poets)
  • To the land of the righteous . A childhood novel. Gutenberg Book Guild, Berlin 1928
    • To the land of the righteous . A childhood novel. Gebrüder Weiss Verlag, Berlin 1947, 215 pp.
    • To the land of the righteous . A childhood novel. With illustrations by Werner Schinko. Afterword by Gerhard Lazarus. Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin (East) 1961, 267 pages (GDR license, with permission from Stettler, Lucerne)
  • Ursula . Story of a little girl. Book guild Gutenberg, Berlin 1931, 236 pp.
  • Ursel is wedding . Novel. Gutenberg Book Guild, Zurich / Vienna / Prague 1934, 226 pages (exile literature)
    • Ursel is wedding . Novel. Book guild Gutenberg, Frankfurt a. M. 1950, 311 pp.
  • Helmsman Padde . Novel. Book guild Gutenberg, Zurich 1940, 239 p. (Exile literature)
  • Severin the Wanderer . Novel. Wiener Volksbuchverlag, 1949
    • Severin the Wanderer . A fairy tale - a novel of waters, clouds, wind and forest, of miracles, sore and woes. With numerous illustrations by Max Frey . Book guild Gutenberg, Vienna (1949), 447 pp.
  • The Dreamer and other short stories by Ernst Preczang. Ed. Hans Marquardt . 1st - 10th thousand. Verlag Philipp Reclam, Leipzig 1957, 160 p. (Reclams Universal - Bibliothek, vol. 8192/93)

Stage works

  • Its anniversary . A picture from the craftsman - life in one elevator. Verlag Vorwärts, Berlin 1896, 30 pages (Socialist theater pieces (1894–1915), issue 4)
  • Daughters of work . In one act. Verlag Vorwärts, Berlin 1898, 32 p. (Socialist theater pieces, issue 5)
  • The return of Gutenberg . A stage festival in one act. (For the 500th birthday of the inventor of the art of printing). Verlag Schwartz, Berlin 1899, 24 pages (on the 500th birthday of the inventor of the art of printing).
  • The prodigal son . In one act. Verlag Vorwärts, Berlin 1900, 32 pp. (Socialist theater pieces, issue 6)
  • In the back house . Drama in four acts. Marchlewski Verlag, Munich 1903, 128 pp.
  • The devil in the ballot box . In one act. Verlag Vorwärts, Berlin 1909, 32 pp. (Socialist theater pieces, issue 10)
  • The police as a matchmaker . Stagger in one act. Verlag Vorwärts, Berlin 1909, 32 pp. (Socialist theater pieces, issue 8)
  • Gabriello the fisherman . Burlesque in four acts. Arion Verlag, Berlin 1910, 55 pp.
  • Constable Pieper . Drama in three acts. Proletarian Tribune Publishing House, Leipzig 1927

Private prints - - - So far, two editions are known that Ernst Preczang had published as "self-published":

  • The prison song . Preczang (own print), Berlin - Charlottenburg (approx. 1899), 2 sheets, illustrated
  • Ladislaus (Lászlo) Karczag: Contributions to the knowledge of methyl tartaric acids . Preczang (own print), Berlin - Charlottenburg 1908. 32 p. (Dissertation, Uni Berlin, 1908)

As editor

  • In free hours . A weekly journal. Novels and short stories for the working people. Vorwärts bookstore, Berlin (1904–1919). (Responsible editor and author: Ernst Preczang. Illustrator: Jos. Damberger)
  • Ludwig Anzengruber : The Süskind and other stories . Selected by Ernst Preczang. Forward, Berlin 1920, 171 pp.
  • The lecture book . Serious and cheerful poems for workers' parties. With an introduction to the lecture. Selected and introduced by Ernst Preczang. Forward, Berlin 1920, 144 pp.
  • Free thoughts . Proverbs of freedom, wisdom and justice by poets and thinkers of all tongues. With illustrations. Collected, compiled and edited by Ernst Preczang. 1st edition. Publishing house of the educational association of German book printers. Leipzig 1923, 255 pp.
  • Mark Twain : With cheerful eyes . Stories. German by Margarete Jacobi. Selected and introduced by Ernst Preczang. Verlag Büchergilde Gutenberg, Leipzig, 1924, 191 pp.

literature

  • Ernst Preczang . In: Franz Osterroth : Biographical Lexicon of Socialism . Deceased personalities . Vol. 1. JHW Dietz Nachf., Hannover 1960, pp. 241–242.
  • Helga Herting (Ed.): Selection from his work - Ernst Preczang. With bibliography Ernst P. and bibliography pp. 198–215. Akademie - Verlag, Berlin (Ost) 1969, XXXV, 215 S. (Text editions on early socialist literature in Germany, Herwegh edition of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin, No. 9)
  • Ursula Münchow (ed.): From the beginnings of socialist drama . Part 2: Ernst Preczang: Daughters of work ao Akademie - Verlag, Berlin (East) 1973, XXVI, 206 S. (reprint of the 1st edition, 1965) (text editions on early socialist. Literature in Germany, Herwegh edition of Dt. Academy of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 5)
  • Voice of work . Between 1926 and 1928, Schatz created the wood prints for Ernst Preczang's texts. With 41 illustrations (Otto Rudolf Schatz) and 12 pages of text (E. Preczang). The art-historical treatise attached to the 'Reprint' comes from Wilfriede Daim. First edition of this edition. Lower Austria Documentation Center for Modern Art, St. Pölten 1999, 56 p. (The text on which the book is based was essentially published twice by E. Preczang in 1916 under different titles. Prepared as a special edition for the Gutenberg Book Guild in 1929, but not published) .
  • Robert Höffner:  Preczang, Ernst Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 680 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Peter Sprengel : History of German-Language Literature, 1900–1918 . Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-52178-9 , p. 451 ( excerpt from Google Books )
  • Rainer Noltenius (Ed.): Literature and culture of the working world . Inventory of the archive and library of the Fritz - Hüser - Institute. Edited by Hannelore Palm and Gregor Vogt. (With references). Saur, Munich 2005, 420 pp. (Fritz - Hüser - Institute for German and Foreign Workers' Literature, Dortmund)
  • Biographical Lexicon of Socialism Volume I Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf. GmbH, Hanover, pp. 241–242

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personal data
SURNAME Preczang, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Winsen (Luhe)
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1949
Place of death Sarnen