Herbert Nice
Herbert Nette (born March 14, 1902 in Oberhausen ; † September 22, 1994 ) was a German editor and writer .
Life
Nice studied history , German and law . After his doctorate as Dr. jur. he worked from 1927 to 1941 as a feature editor for the Darmstädter Tagblatt and from 1941 to 1943 for the Kölnische Zeitung . After three years as literary director of Claasen & Roether Verlag in Darmstadt (1946–1949), he switched back to the features section, to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . From 1954 to 1973, Nette was editor-in-chief at Eugen Diederichs Verlag in Düsseldorf .
In addition to numerous specialist texts (e.g. the linguistic work On the Metamorphosis of Words ), Nettes literary work primarily includes illustrated biographies that portray great personalities in history.
Works
- The Great Germans in Italy (1938) - Poetry, Letters and Reports
- Word and meaning. From the elements of language (1946)
- Friedrich II of Hohenstaufen (1975)
- Joan of Arc (1977)
- Charles V (1979)
- Elizabeth I (1982)
- Wilhelm and Caroline von Humboldt - A Life in Letters
Web links
- Literature by and about Herbert Nette in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nice, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German editor and author (Oberhausen) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1994 |