Felix Huch

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Felix Huch (born September 6, 1880 in Braunschweig , † July 6, 1952 in Tutzing ) was a German doctor and writer who was best known for his biographical musician novels .

Life

Felix Huch was born into a family of writers. He was the second oldest child of the lawyer William Huch and his second wife Marie Huch , a daughter of the adventure and travel writer Friedrich Gerstäcker and a cousin of Ricarda Huch and her brother Rudolf Huch . His father killed himself in 1888 itself . After the death of his father, he grew up in Dresden , studied medicine and lived in South America for three years. In Bautzen and Würzburg he worked as a doctor in the public health system; when he retired, he held the title of senior medical officer. After retiring, he first lived in Bad Godesberg , and spent his twilight years in Ammerland on Lake Starnberg .

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The narrator Huch was mainly the author of biographical novels with a special focus on musicians' biographies. Music meant me to write - this is how Huch summarized his literary drive in a short formula in the title of a self-portrait published in Welt und Wort in 1951 . Musician novels such as The Young Beethoven (1927), Beethoven's Completion (1931), Mozart (1941) and Mozart in Vienna (1948) make up his main work.

Little else, like The Emperor of Mexico (1949), was published by Huch. He also wrote a kind of biographical novel about his famous grandfather, the narrator Friedrich Gerstäcker, namely Dresdner Capriccio (1948), “the story of a young love”.

effect

Huch's novels about Beethoven and Mozart are still available in new editions and adaptations in stores and always find new audiences. Some of them are also available translated into other languages.

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SURNAME Oops, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1952
Place of death Tutzing