Gustav Schüler (writer)

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Gustav Schüler (born January 27, 1868 in Neureetz , † August 20, 1938 in Bad Freienwalde (Oder) ) was a German writer . Gustav Schüler's published literary work comprises more than 20 books. The poet student wrote more than 1,500 poems, in addition he also worked as a narrator and playwright.

Life

Cenotaph in the Lithuanian cemetery Antakalnis with a verse by Gustav Schüler

Gustav Schüler was born in Königlich Reetz number 26 (today Neureetz a district of Oderaue ) and grew up here in poor conditions. In 1883 he attended a teacher training college in Königsberg in the Neumark and worked as a teacher for several years. He later worked as a newspaper editor in Itzehoe , Hamburg , Berlin and Frankfurt (Oder) . He was in an exchange of letters with Detlev von Liliencron , Hermann Hesse , Emil von Schoenaich-Carolath , Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen and Ernst von Wildenbruch, among others . From 1903 he worked as a freelance writer.

In 1910 he married Elisabeth Kahnmeyer from Braunschweig in Hahnenklee in the Harz region. She had a son named Ernst-Gustav (* 1912) and a daughter named Lia (* 1915). Schüler wrote well over 1000 poems with a focus on God, nature and home. Some poems were set to music (including in op. 31 by Ulrich Hildebrandt ) and taken over into the church hymn books. On the occasion of his 70th birthday, he received many honors. In addition to the Luther Medal , he was the first recipient of the Kurmärkische literacy foundation .

Bad Freienwalde was his hometown from 1921 until his death. Today there is a Gustav-Schüler-Weg here. His grave in Bad Freienwalde has not survived.

For the 150th birthday of the poet Gustav Schüler, Martin Werhand Verlag published the volume Bergnebel in January 2018 in the poetry classics series 50 timeless poems.

Works (selection)

  • "Poems", (poetry), Renaissance Verlag, Schmargendorf-Berlin, 1900
  • "Horn calls: songs and poems", (poetry), Verlag Renaissance, Schmargendorf-Berlin, 1904
  • "The corpse worms: A comedy twelve shoes under the ground: In one act", (play), Verlag Renaissance, Schmargendorf-Berlin, 1904
  • "Devotion and Joy: Songs and Poems", (poetry), Verlag Renaissance, Schmargendorf-Berlin, 1905
  • "On the rivers of the world to the seas of God", (poetry), Verlag Renaissance, Schmargendorf-Berlin, 1908
  • “Prince Emil von Schoenaich-Carolath as a man and a poet”, (non-fiction book), Göschen Verlag, Leipzig, 1909
  • "Ballads", (poetry), Fritz Eckardt Verlag, Leipzig, 1909
  • "Forgotten songs: a contribution to the history of German poetry", (poetry), Cotta-Verlag , Stuttgart-Berlin, 1910, Gustav Schüler (ed.)
  • "In the middle of the surf", (poetry), Fritz Eckardt Verlag, Leipzig, 1911
  • "From Sorrow and Eternity", (poetry), Fritz Eckardt Verlag, Leipzig, 1914
  • "Ballads and Pictures", (poetry), Cotta-Verlag , Stuttgart-Berlin, 1914
  • "Gottsucher-Lieder" (poetry), Cotta-Verlag , Stuttgart-Berlin, 1914
  • “Against the world in the field! September 1914 “, (poetry), Bln Warneck Verlag, 1914
  • “In Arms and Truth!”, (Poetry), Verlag Strauch, Leipzig, 1915
  • "Unshakable ready !: German war songs 1914/15 - part 2.", (poetry), Verlag Strauch, Leipzig, 1915
  • “God's storm surge: Religious poems for wartime”, (poetry), Cotta-Verlag , Stuttgart-Berlin, 1917
  • "Spiegelschben vom Ewigen", (poetry), Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel, 1924
  • “My green earth”, (poetry), Cotta-Verlag , Stuttgart-Berlin, 1925
  • “Sing yourself, soul, into God! 57 songs ... with new chorale styles ", (poetry), Verlag Trowitzsch & Sohn, Berlin, 1927 Karl Fangauf (Ed.)
  • "Poetic stories and ballads", (stories + poetry), A. Graff Verlag, Braunschweig, 1927
  • "Heilige Heimat", (poetry), Kranzverlag (d. Christl. Zeitschriftenverein), Berlin, 1928
  • "A string of pearls: Verse", (poetry), E. Müller Verlag, Barmen, 1928
  • "A path sings its way into the fields: New songs from the heart of the homeland", (poetry), C. Bertelsmann Verlag , Gütersloh, 1929
  • "Light peal from eternal day: New poems", (poetry), C. Bertelsmann Verlag , Gütersloh, 1929
  • “All my walking is the way to you”, (poetry), E. Salzer Verlag, Heilbronn, 1929
  • "Of animals and fools: picture book from my homeland", (stories), Cotta-Verlag , Stuttgart-Berlin, 1930
  • "In the hat of God's hands: New religious poems", (poetry), E. Salzer Verlag, Heilbronn, 1933
  • Where are you, God ?: Poems of comfort and confidence. , Norderstedt 2002, ISBN 3-8311-0142-6 . ( online at Google Book Search ). (Ed.) Inge-Elisabeth Kratzmann-Schüler
  • Swing becomes what was heavy - Gustav Schüler: Leben und Werk. , Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-7392-5261-2 . (Ed.) Inge-Elisabeth Kratzmann-Schüler
  • Bergnebel: 50 timeless poems , (poetry), Martin Werhand Verlag , Melsbach, 2018 ISBN 978-3-96175-099-3 .

literature

  • Wilhelm Knevels: Gustav student as a religious poet. JG Cotta publishing house, 1928.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Be faithful to death: the highest of all words. Who you seize the most secret eternity seeds, Who have roots in the deity, blessed is he, whose guidance and path. From: Bruno Wille (ed.): And give us peace: a book of secular devotion from German poets. Bong, Berlin et al. 1917, p. 289.
  2. ^ Publications of the German Academy for Language and Poetry, Darmstadt. Issue 47, part 2, Luchterhand Literaturverlag, 1974.
  3. Inge-Elisabeth Kratzmann-Schüler: Where are you, God?: Poems of consolation and confidence. Pp. 12-14.
  4. Ilona Rohowski, Ingetraud Senst: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, monuments in Brandenburg. Volume 9.1: District of Märkisch-Oderland. Part 1: towns of Bad Freienwalde and Wriezen, villages in Niederoderbruch. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms am Rhein 2006, ISBN 3-88462-230-7 , p. 318.
  5. Classic poetry series: 50 timeless poems . Martin Werhand Verlag , 2018
  6. Gustav Schüler , Bergnebel: 50 Timeless Poems in WorldCat 2018