Ferdinand Hesse

Hermann Carl Ferdinand Hesse (born August 6, 1882 in Braunschweig , † November 2, 1964 in Ebersbach, Dresden district , later to Ebersbach-Neugersdorf , Saxony ) was a German journalist , writer and theater founder.

Life

Ferdinand Hesse, originally from Braunschweig, was initially employed as an editor in Döbeln , Saxony , between 1904 and 1905 , and in 1906 he took over the position of features editor of the Zittauer Nachrichten , which he held until 1917. In 1913 Ferdinand Hesse traveled to the Balkans as a correspondent for various Berlin newspapers, and in 1922 to Czechoslovakia .

After Ferdinand Hesse worked as editor of the weekly magazine Zittauer Rundschau in 1919 and 1920 , he worked from 1923 to 1931 as a journalist and publisher in Ebersbach and in Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains . Ferdinand Hesse then lived as a freelance writer , most recently in Ebersbach.

Ferdinand Hesse founded the Oybiner Waldtheater in 1911, the open-air theater at the town hall in Görlitz the following year and the natural theater in Hammer am See in 1915 . His literary works include short stories, novels , short stories , plays , stories , essays , comedies , children's books , stories and poetry .

Works (selection)

• The white mountains: Roman, Springer, Hirschberg, 1928
• The Home Apostle: Roman, Springer, Hirschberg, 1932
• Turn of fate, drama, Springer, Hirschberg, 193
• The silver bonnet, comedy, 1939
• The Funny Kyan, novel, 1952
• The colorful ring game, children's book, 1959
• Jumps and somersaults, anecdotes, 1961

literature

• Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 4, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, 1996 ISBN 3-598-23163-6 . P. 675.
• Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon. The 20th century . Biographisch-Bibliographisches Handbuch, Volume XVII, Columns 461–462. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023163-2 .