Gustav Höcker
Wilhelm Emil Gustav Höcker (born September 28, 1832 in Eilenburg , † October 11, 1911 in Breslau ) was a German writer . He is the brother of the actor Oskar Höcker .
Life
Gustav Höcker was born in the community of Leipziger Steinweg in front of Eilenburg as the son of a colorist in the Eilenburg textile industry. His childhood was under the impression of a time marked by social contradictions by the early industrialization. Höcker received higher education in Chemnitz and at the Kloschwitz boys' institute near Halle (Saale), which was then considered excellent .
Initially working as a businessman until he was 26, he now turned to writing. He made a name for himself as a narrator in German literary history. As he grew up in a time of great historical events, his stories are a reflection of the 19th century. Höcker devoted himself to the life of important musicians such as Beethoven , Haydn and Mozart , but also actors and politicians as well as detective novels. Charles Dickens served as role models , but also Karl Gutzkow and Ferdinand Stolle as direct sponsors. Höcker lived in Karlsruhe for a long time . Gustav Höcker spent his twilight years in Wroclaw in Silesia . When Höcker died there at the age of 79, he left an extraordinarily extensive work behind.
Works
- Höcker, Gustav: 1870 and 1871. Two years of German heroism . Glogau: Flemming, 1872. - Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustav Höcker in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Höcker, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Höcker, Gustav Wilhelm Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eilenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1911 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |