Ferdinand Bernt

Ferdinand Bernt (born March 27, 1876 in Miltschoves ; † February 16, 1915 in Kruschewatz in Serbia ) was a German writer of Bohemian origin.

Bernt came from a humble background; For most of his life his father was the tenant of simple inns in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. After elementary school, Bernt trained as a wood sculptor in Komotau ; for financial reasons he had to break off this training.

During this time he wrote his first poems with which Bernt made his debut in 1893. The literary scholar Rudolf Wolkan (1860–1927) tried to promote Bernt as well as the writer Paul Leppin , who even compared Bernt to Hermann Hesse .

In the following years Bernt worked as a xylograph , waiter and as a simple worker in agriculture. On his wanderings he also came to Vienna , where he joined the labor movement. Through these contacts, Bernt was able to work as a teacher in Vienna for a short time. In 1909 he wrote, most likely as a commissioned work, the biography " Johann Layer , his life and work".

Bernt's last stories (“The Dream of Brother Severin”) reveal Hans Watzlik's influence, as he was impressed by Bernt and supported him as far as possible in his literary work.

At the age of almost 39, Bernt succumbed to his injuries on February 16, 1915 in a military hospital near Kruschewatz.

Works

• Modern mood pictures (1893)
• Till's mistakes. Novel (1907)
• Johann shift. His life and work . Vienna 1909
• The League of the Free. Novel (1910)
• Seeking Souls (1909)
• Looking for love (1913)
• Between two languages (1906)
• Brother Severin's Dream (1913)

literature

• Rudolf Hemmerle: On the 80th anniversary of Ferdinand Bernt's death . In: Mitteilungen des Sudetendeutschen Archiv , Vol. 118 (1995).
• Josef Mühlberger : History of German literature in Bohemia. 1900-1939. Langen Müller, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7844-1879-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Ferdinand Bernt in the catalog of the German National Library