Ferdinand Grautoff
Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff (born August 10, 1871 in Lübeck , † May 15, 1935 in Leipzig ) was a German journalist and author . He published several books under the pseudonyms Seestern and Parabellum .
Life
The bookseller's son passed his Abitur at the Katharineum in Lübeck . From 1891 he studied history and philosophy in Berlin, Tübingen and Marburg. In 1899 he received his doctorate in Marburg. After a brief interlude as editor-in-chief of the Lübeckische Werbung , he switched to the Leipziger Neusten Nachrichten as a political editor . Between 1900 and 1922 he was the chief editor of this newspaper. He then worked as editor-in-chief of various technical papers.
In addition to his journalistic activities, Grautoff wrote several non-fiction books and novels. His greatest success was the politico-military science fiction 1906 published in 1905. The Collapse of the Old World , which was one of the best-selling titles of its time. Grautoff describes a war in 1906, as a result of which the German Empire, Great Britain and some other European states lose their status as world powers. The book was later published in English, French, Dutch and Russian.
Grautoff and his brother, the art historian Otto Grautoff , were grandsons of the Lübeck teacher and librarian Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff . The two went to school together with Heinrich Mann and Thomas Mann .
Works
- Lübeck's relations with Christian IV until the Thirty Years' War. Dissertation, Marburg i. H. 1899.
- 1906. The collapse of the old world. Leipzig 1905, digitized .
- Bansai! Leipzig 1905, digitized 3rd edition anno 1908 - Internet Archive .
- Under the imperial standard . Dieterich'sche Verlagbuchhandlung Theodor Weicher , Leipzig 1910
- The Garibaldidroschke and other funny stories. Leipzig 1913
- In Leipzig during the Battle of Nations and other things from the French era from old family papers. Leipzig 1913.
- Leipziger Neusten Nachrichten On our fleet in the Baltic Sea. Leipzig 1915.
- A trip to the western front. Leipzig 1915.
- A fortnight on the golden horn. Leipzig 1918.
- Fu, the master of the world. Leipzig 1925.
- German homeland in words and pictures. Leipzig 1926.
literature
- Henning Franke, The Politico-Military Science Fiction in Germany 1904–1914. A popular genre in its literary environment. Frankfurt / Main 1985.
- Stefan Noack, The Collapse of the Old World. A politico-military thought experiment in the laboratory of modernity. In: Uwe Puschner, Christina Stange-Fayos, Katja Wimmer (eds.): Laboratorium der Moderne. Circulation of ideas in the Wilhelminian Empire (= civilizations & history, vol. 31), Frankfurt a. M. u. a. 2015, pp. 233–247.
- Stefan Noack, Of paper warriors and fantasy strategists. The politico-military science fiction "1906 - The Collapse of the Old World" , In: Portal Militärgeschichte, 23 May 2016.
- Grautoff, Ferdinand. In: Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE). Vol. 4, Munich (inter alia), 1996, p. 144.
- Dr. Ferdinand Grautoff (on his 60th birthday). In: German press. Vol. 21 (1931), No. 32, May 8, 1931, p. 459.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ferdinand Grautoff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Ferdinand Grautoff in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Ferdinand Grautoff in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff at Open Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grautoff, Ferdinand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich (full name); Starfish (pseudonym); Parabellum (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1935 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |