Heinrich Kruse

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Heinrich Kruse
Memorial plaque on the birthplace at Fährstrasse 25 in Stralsund

Heinrich Kruse (born December 15, 1815 in Stralsund , † January 12, 1902 in Bückeburg ) was a German national journalist , poet and writer .

Life

Heinrich Kruse was born as the son of Altermannes the clothing tailor Andreas Theodor Kruse , his birthplace is the house Fährstraße 25 . He attended Stralsund high school and, after graduating, studied archeology , history and philology in Bonn and later in Berlin with Ernst Curtius and Emanuel Geibel . After receiving his doctorate , Kruse made long trips to Russia and Scandinavia and took on the position of tutor for Lord Ashley's sons ( Earl of Shaftesbury ) in London .

In 1847 he went back to Germany, where he initially worked as a high school teacher in Minden , until in 1848 he succeeded Georg Gottfried Gervinus as editor of the Deutsche Zeitung in Frankfurt am Main . After working for the Neue Berliner Zeitung , he became the chief editor of the Kölnische Zeitung in 1855 . In 1884 he retired because of an eye problem and from then on lived in Bückeburg.

On his 80th birthday, on December 15, 1895, the town of his birth awarded him the title of honorary citizen of Stralsund .

His son Francis was a senior Prussian administrator.

Artistic creation

After he had received the Schiller Prize in 1859 for the tragedy Die Gräfin (next to Geibel for Sophonisbe ), he wrote a long series of historical dramas, which although little played, were treated favorably by the critics; Only the uniformity of the subjects and the preference for characters who ruthlessly assert their interests were criticized.

Works (selection)

  • The devil of Lübeck . A carnival sway. Berlin 1847
  • The protective tariffs . Small seals. Minden 1847
  • The world run . Comedy in 1 act.Bremen 1854
  • The countess . Tragedy in 5 acts. Leipzig 1868
  • Wullenwever . Tragedy in 5 acts. Leipzig 1870
  • King Eric . Tragedy in 5 acts. Leipzig 1871
  • Moritz of Saxony . Tragedy in 5 acts. Leipzig 1872, online
  • Brutus . Tragedy in 5 acts. Leipzig 1874, online
  • About historical dramas . Leipzig 1875
  • Marino Faliero . Tragedy. Leipzig 1876
  • The girl from Byzantium . Tragedy. Leipzig 1877
  • Times of war . A history of the sea. Wroclaw 1877
  • Rosamunde . Tragedy. Leipzig 1878
  • The exile . Leipzig 1879.
  • Raven Barnekow . Tragedy. Leipzig 1880
  • Witzlaw von Rügen . Leipzig 1881
  • Alexei . Tragedy in 5 acts. Leipzig 1882
  • Mardi Gras . Leipzig 1887, online
  • Arabella Stuart . Leipzig 1888.
  • Sea stories . Small seals. 2 volumes. Stuttgart 1889
  • Hans Waldmann . Leipzig 1890
  • Memories of Zandvort . Buckeburg 1890
  • Poems . Leipzig 1891
  • The little odyssey . Hexameter epic. Leipzig 1892
  • Seven little dramas . Buckeburg 1893
  • Nero . Tragedy. Leipzig 1895
  • Goldfinch and Nightingale or the Rostock boys . Leipzig 1897
  • King Henry the Seventh . Leipzig 1898
  • Comedies . Leipzig 1899
  • Writings on criticism and the history of literature . Berlin 1899

literature

  • Friedrich H. Brandes: Heinrich Kruse as a playwright . Hanover 1898.
  • Edmund Lange : Heinrich Kruse's Pomeranian Dramas . A reminder sheet. Greifswald 1902.
  • Karl Theodor Gaedertz : Heinrich Kruse . A word on his 80th birthday. In: Gaedertz: What I found on the way. Sheets and pictures from literature, art and life. Leipzig 1902, pp. 119–126.
  • Jürgen D. Kruse-Jarres: Heinrich Kruse. Journalist and writer. A fighter for liberalism in the 19th century. Grupello Verlag, Düsseldorf 2008.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Kruse, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kruse, Heinrich August Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German national journalist, poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1902
Place of death Buckeburg