Ewald August König
Ewald August König , pseudonyms Ernst Kaiser and C. Reinfels (born August 22, 1833 in Barmen (now part of Wuppertal ), † March 9, 1888 in Cologne ) was a German writer and businessman .
Life
August Ewald König is one of the first modern crime novelists in Germany. In his work he also dealt with current socio-political issues, for example in 1871 he wrote a thousand-page novel about the Paris Commune and its suppression by French government troops.
Works
- The pearl jewelry , the homecoming , novellas, Dürr, Leipzig 1863
- German evenings , a collection of short stories, volume 3, short stories by Agnes Lessad and Ewald August König, Dürr, Leipzig 1864, MDZ Munich
- Paths of fate by Agnes Lessad (ed.), Ein Emancipirter
- Lost! , Novel and short story portfolio, Hamburg 1869
- Baroness von Waldstett , novella., Gustav Berend, Berlin 1869 MDZ Munich
- The Republican Conspiracy or The Secrets of the Siege of Paris , Verlag Schoenfeld, Düsseldorf, 1872
Web links
Wikisource: Ewald August König - Sources and full texts
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephan Porombka and Hans-Otto Hügel, in: "About the Rum Line" and so on - The collection 'Kriminalromane I (Hans-Otto Hügel)' at the German Literature Archive in Marbach. A conversation , reprint from Imprimatur - Ein Jahrbuch für Bücherfreunde , New Series XX, 2007, pp. 205ff., Accessed on March 31, 2014
- ^ Richard Donnenberg: Brief history of the Austrian crime thriller. krimiautoren.at, 2005, archived from the original on June 2, 2013 ; accessed on February 28, 2019 .
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SURNAME | King, Ewald August |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaiser, Ernst; Reinfels, C. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and businessman |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1833 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Barmen |
DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1888 |
Place of death | Cologne |