Henry F. Urban
Henry F. Urban (born February 13, 1862 in Berlin , † May 13, 1924 in New York ) was a German-American writer and journalist .
Life
Henry F. Urban came from a Berlin family and emigrated to the USA in 1887. In 1899 he was naturalized in New York. In the following years he wrote from there for the Munich youth , the Berliner Tageblatt and the Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger . Volumes of short stories and a novel about life in America made him known in Germany.
Works
- Just twelve. Yankee purrs and other things. Berlin 1903
- The mouse Lula. The tragic and the tragic-comic. Berlin 1904
- From the dollar country. Berlin 1906
- The three dollar hunters from Berlin. A cheerful New York story. Berlin 1910
- The discovery of Berlin. Berlin 1911
- Katzenmüller and other stories. Berlin 1913
- The discovery of Berlin. Newly published by Michael Bienert, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-942476-96-6
Web links
- Literature by and about Henry F. Urban in the catalog of the German National Library
- Review of "The Discovery of Berlin" on ZEIT online
- Review of "The Discovery of Berlin" on tagesspiegel.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urban, Henry F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-speaking writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1924 |
| Place of death | New York City |