Heinrich Hart

Heinrich Hart (born December 30, 1855 in Wesel , † June 11, 1906 in Tecklenburg ) was a German author and naturalistic literary and theater critic .

Life

Together with his brother Julius , Heinrich Hart attended the Paulinum grammar school in Münster, where he graduated from high school in 1874. His journalistic activity began here: together with his brother, he published the school magazine " Herz und Geist ". In 1877 the brothers' first literary magazine followed, " Deutsche Dichtung ", in which the first texts by Peter Hille were printed. However, the magazine only made three issues. Also in 1877 Heinrich Hart went to Berlin with his brother, where he joined the naturalistic movement and frequented artist and bohemian circles. Here he was primarily active as a critic and editor. Together with his brother, he published the critical armed conflicts , which are of great importance for naturalism in Germany . From 1883 to 1885 Heinrich Hart was a correspondent for the Breslauer Zeitung, for which he wrote the "Berliner Sonntagsbriefe".

The anthology "Modern Poet Characters" (1884/85) edited by Wilhelm Arent helped early naturalism to break through. The brothers Heinrich and Julius Hart also published a number of poems in this volume. Later journalistic attempts with the " Berlin Monthly Books for Literature, Criticism and Theater " (1885) and the "Critical Yearbook" (1889/90) were relatively unsuccessful. In 1889 Heinrich Hart was a founding member of the Free Stage . Later he belonged to the Friedrichshagener poet circle . After a falling out with the circle, he founded the New Community with his brother and other members of the circle of poets in 1902 . He was also one of the founders of the DGG Deutsche Gartenstadt-Gesellschaft , which he chaired from 1902 until his death in 1906.

In addition to his journalistic activities, Heinrich Hart was also literary productive. In 1872 his first volume of poetry "Weltpfingsten, Gedichte eines Idealisten" was published; of his main work, the 24-volume verse epic "The Song of Mankind", he was only able to complete the first three volumes. In addition, he published the tragedy "Sedan" and a volume of novelistic sketches during his lifetime.

He died on June 11, 1906 in Tecklenburg at the age of 50 and was buried there in the Protestant cemetery. His preserved grave is now tended by the city's history and homeland association.

Works

New World , 1878 (from: German monthly sheets)
World Pentecost. Poems by an idealist , Bremen: Kühtmann 1879
The song of mankind. An epic in 24 stories , Großenhain u. a .: Baumert u. Ronge 1888
From the highest knowledge. Of life in the light. A word for the moment to the few and all . (Together with Julius Hart), Leipzig: Diederichs 1900
Critical armed conflicts . From Heinrich and Julius Hart. With an introduction by Mark Boulby. New York: Johnson Reprint 1969. Reprint of the edition in six issues 1882–1884 - from it: Ein Lyriker à la mode , 1882; Count Schack as a poet , 1883
Peter Hille , Berlin a. a .: Schuster u. Loeffler 1904
Mongol hordes in the zoological garden. Berlin letters . Published by Lars-Broder Keil. Berlin: Aufbau Taschenbuch-Verlag 2005. (Aufbau Pocket Books 2084) ISBN 3-7466-2084-8
To the 20th Century ( online ( memento of October 27, 2009 on WebCite ))
Heinrich-and-Julius-Hart-Reader . Compiled and with an afterword by Gertrude Cepl-Kaufmann. Cologne 2005 [= Nylands Kleine Westfälische Bibliothek 10] ISBN 3-936235-11-2 .

literature

Johanna Arndt: The cultural-historical epic in Adolf Friedrich v. Schack, Heinrich Hart, Josef Pape. Königsberg i.Pr .: Univ. Diss. 1929.
Henrik Bispinck: Hart, Heinrich and Julius , in: Günther Lassalle (ed.): 1200 years Paulinum in Münster 797-1997 , Münster 1997, p. 362f.
Ernst Ribbat: Genius and Community, Boheme and Utopia. References to Heinrich and Julius Hart , in: Walter Gödden, Winfried Woesler (Hrsg.): Literatur in Westfalen. Contributions to research . Paderborn 1992, pp. 59-69.
Ernst Ribbat: prophets of immediacy. Comments on Heinrich and Julius Hart , in: Renate von Heydebrand, Klaus Günther Just (eds.): Science as dialogue. Studies in literature and art since the turn of the century . Festschrift for Wolfdietrich Rasch on his 65th birthday. Stuttgart 1969, pp. 59-82.
Dietmar N. Schmidt: Hart, Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 706 f. ( Digitized version ). (only genealogical information, the actual article text can be found in the online NDB under Hart, Julius )

Web links

Individual evidence

^ In Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung on September 15, 2006: "Writers, poets and theater critics"

personal data
SURNAME	Hart, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German author, literary and theater critic
DATE OF BIRTH	December 30, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wesel
DATE OF DEATH	June 11, 1906
Place of death	Tecklenburg

[1] In Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung on September 15, 2006: "Writers, poets and theater critics"