Eugene Ortner
Eugen Ortner (born November 26, 1890 in Glaishammer , † March 19, 1947 in Traunstein ) was a German playwright and writer .
life and work
Eugen Ortner studied modern philology and linguistics in Munich, Leipzig, Grenoble and Paris.
After the First World War he worked as a teacher, later as a journalist and playwright, a. a. at the Leipziger Schauspielhaus . In 1928 he settled in Munich as a freelance writer. Ortner celebrated early successes with the homecoming drama Michael Hundertpfund (1924) and the tragedy Meier Helmbrecht (1927), which were influenced by the social drama Gerhart Hauptmann and Frank Wedekind .
After coming to power , he realized theater projects sponsored by the National Socialists . In 1933 he brought Jud Süß to the stage as a folk piece based on the novel of the same name by Wilhelm Hauff . In 1934 he staged Moor , which was premiered at the 1935 Nazi Party . Later he no longer emerged through Nazi propaganda , but devoted himself mainly to cultural-historical novels and biographies, e. B. About Sebastian Kneipp and Balthasar Neumann .
Works
- Albrecht Dürer and his time , 1933.
- The baroque master builder Balthasar Neumann: a biography , 1936.
- Das Weltreich der Fugger , 2 vols. 1939/40.
- A man cures Europe: Sebastian Kneipp's life novel , 1938.
- Georg Friedrich Handel: a Baroque novel , 1942.
Web links
- Literature by and about Eugen Ortner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Estate in the Bavarian State Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Biographical Encyclopedia. Edited by Walther Killy. Vol. 7, 1998.
- ^ Literature Lexicon. Authors and works German language. Edited by Walther Killy. Vol. 9. 1988-92.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ortner, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glaishammer |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1947 |
| Place of death | Traunstein |