Felix Poppenberg

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Portrait of Felix Poppenberg, etching in 1909 by Hermann Struck

Felix Michael Julius Poppenberg (born October 13, 1869 in Charlottenburg , † August 27, 1915 in Berlin ) was a German writer .

Live and act

Felix Poppenberg was born out of wedlock and grew up with his mother, a singer, in Berlin's Friedrichstrasse 207. He attended the Friedrichswerder high school , where he passed the Abitur examination on September 23, 1889.

Poppenberg studied German at the University of Berlin , where he was awarded a doctorate by Erich Schmidt in 1893. phil. PhD . He then lived as a writer and essayist in Charlottenburg.

During his studies he wrote columnist articles for the magazine for foreign literature and the world of novels published by Cotta through the mediation of Paul Schlenther and Otto Neumann-Hofer . His first publication was a tribute to Hermann Allmers on his 70th birthday.

Poppenberg published regularly in the Neue Rundschau , in the literary echo , but also in many daily newspapers inside and outside the capital. In addition to book reviews and theater reviews, for example of the world premiere of Don Karlos at the Deutsches Theater by Max Reinhardt, with the actor Bassermann as King Philipp, he dealt with various cultural-historical topics as well as with the then current fashion .

In 1906 he tried to prove that Karl Gustav Vollmoeller had plagiarized the novella La fausse maîtresse von Balzac for his play Der Deutsche Graf .

Despite limited resources, he cultivated the lifestyle of a dandy in literary Berlin at the end of the 19th century . In admiration for Hermann von Pückler-Muskau , to whom he dedicated a highly acclaimed essay in 1904, he decorated his study with a portrait of the prince.

Annual trips, about which he also reported, took him to almost all European countries as well as to Algeria , Constantinople and, most recently, to Egypt in 1913 , where he contracted dysentery .

He completed several unsuccessful courses, most recently from June to August 1915 in Wiesbaden . His last entry in his diary was: “Ultima stagione †††. Moriturus. Steepest step. ”In 1915, on the eve of Goethe's 166th birthday , he shot himself in the heart. He found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Others

In his novel The ceasefire continued Arnold Zweig Poppenberg and his Pueckler worship a literary monument.

Works

Independently published writings

  • Zacharias Werner . Mysticism and Romanticism in the "Sons of the Valley" , Diss., Vogt, Berlin 1893 (= Berlin contributions to Germanic and Romance philology. Germanic Department No. 2)
  • (Editor) Heine -revier. Extracts. F. Huldschinsky, Berlin 1895
  • Maeterlinck . (= Modern Essays on Art and Literature H. 30), Gosse and Tetzlaff, Berlin 1903
  • Biblots. Julius Zeitler, Leipzig 1904
  • Nordic portraits from four realms ( Herman Bang , Knut Hamsun , Sigbjörn Obstfelder , Gustaf af Geijerstam , Juhani Aho ). Berlin 1904 (= The Literature Collection of Illustrated Individual Representations, edited by Georg Brandes , Vol. 11)
  • (with Friedrich von Thiersch , Max Creutz , Fritz Stahl :) Berliner Architekturwelt miscellanea , Berlin 1905
  • (with Carl Moritz and Herbert Eulenberg :) New theater culture . Strecker and Schröder, Stuttgart 1906, pp. 32–45 (= leaflets for artistic culture , no. 3.)
  • Book art . 2 vols., Marquardt, Berlin 1908 (Art. Collection of illustrated monographs, vols. 57–58)
  • Exhibition of applied arts under the direction of Curt Stoeving. Wasmuth, Berlin 1908
  • The living dress . Erich Reiss, Berlin 1910
  • Mask trains . Essays. Erich Reiss, Berlin 1912
  • Paperback for the ladies . Rowohlt, Berlin 1913
  • The summer hat from 1915. Random invasions. Bard, Berlin 1915 (publications by the Association for the Promotion of German Hat Fashion)
  • Humanities . Letters and essays. Gurlitt, Berlin 1919 (edited from the estate of Ernst Heilborn and Elsa Herzog)

Essays

  • Modern poster art . In: Zeitschrift für Bücherfreunde 1897, pp. 183–192.
  • The youngest phase of the Nordic soul . In: Neue Deutsche Rundschau 1899, pp. 269–281
  • To Konrad Ferdinand Meyer's memory . In: Der Türmer, Vol. 1 (1898/1899), H. 5
  • Selma Lagerlöf . In: The tower keeper. Monthly for Mind and Spirit, vol. 2 (1899/1900), no.3
  • Metamorphosis of the playing card . In: Westermann's illustrated German monthly books, Berlin 1899, pp. 300-320.
  • Book decorations . In: Westermann's illustrated German monthly books, Vol. 91 (1902), H. 544, pp. 479–504.
  • Modern book decoration . In: Westermann's illustrated German monthly books, Vol. 91 (1902), 546, pp. 829-853.
  • Introduction to: The Novellas of Cervantes. 2 vols., Insel, Leipzig 1907
  • Introduction to M [iguel] de Cervantes: Don Quixote. Acquired by Konrad Thorer using the anonymous transmission from 1837. Insel, Leipzig 1908, Vol. 1, pp. I-XV.
  • Applied arts history . In: Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, Vol. 7 (1908), pp. 69–73.
  • Maeterlinck , in: Nordic portraits from four realms. Oscar Wilde , Liliencron , Raabe , Multatuli , Maeterlinck, Björnson . Borngräber, Berlin 1911
  • Introduction to: Rudolf Pechel: Rococo: The gallant age in letters, memoirs, diaries. Bong, Berlin, Leipzig, Vienna, Stuttgart 1913
  • Introduction to: Hermann Bang: Collected works in four volumes . S. Fischer, Berlin 1919

literature

  • Richard Wrede, Hans von Reinfels (ed.): The spiritual Berlin. Life and work of architects, sculptors, stage artists, journalists, painters, musicians, writers, draftsmen . Hugo Storm, Berlin 1897
  • Siegfried Jacobsohn : Felix Poppenberg. In ders. (Ed.): Das Jahr der Bühne Vol. 5 (1916), pp. 7-14.
  • Max Meyerfeld : Felix Poppenberg revenant . In: The literary echo. Bi-monthly publication for literary friends, 22 (1920), no. 8, col. 452–456
  • Rudolf Pechel : In memoriam Felix Poppenberg. In: Deutsche Rundschau vol. 66, vol. 264 (1940), p. 71 f.
  • Heinz Rupp (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . Founded by Wilhelm Kosch. Vol. 12, De Gruyter, Berlin 1990, Sp. 189-181, ISBN 3-317-01647-7
  • Heiner Schmidt: Sources dictionary on German literary history. Vol. 25, Verlag für educational documentation, Duisburg 2000, p. 84, ISBN 3-930551-25-X

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Max Meyerfeld: Felix Poppenberg revenant . In: The literary echo. Bi-monthly publication for friends of literature, 22 (1920), no. 8, col. 452-356.
  2. ^ Deutsches Tageblatt, February 11, 1891.
  3. ↑ Cf. Herbert Eulenberg: The peep box. German actor pictures. J. Engelhorns Nachf., Stuttgart 1921, p. 282 ff.
  4. ↑ See Neue Badische Landeszeitung No. 495 and the website dedicated to the drama  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Karl Vollmoeller Circle of Friends.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / karl-vollmoeller.de  
  5. ↑ Quoted from Ernst Heilborn: Introduction to Felix Poppenberg: Menschlichkeit. Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin 1919, p. 34.
  6. ↑ Cf. Arnold Zweig: Die Feuerpause. Novel. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1950, pp. 274 ff., 311.
personal data
SURNAME Poppenberg, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poppenberg, Felix Michael Julius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlottenburg
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1915
Place of death Berlin