Hermann Esswein
Edmund Hermann Heinrich August Eßwein (born May 13, 1877 in Mannheim , † 1934 in Munich ) was a German author and translator.
Eßwein, son of the lithographer Joseph Eßwein, went to high school in Mainz and after graduating from high school, studied law and philosophy in Munich before devoting himself entirely to literature from 1900. He published essays on art history and art education in art magazines or daily newspapers as well as poems, for example in Hans Benzmann's Modern German Poetry . At Piper Verlag he was the editor of the series Modern Illustrators, which appeared in 1904 and consisted of twelve monographs . He also wrote fantastic and grotesque stories.
He lived mainly in Munich.
Works
- The pacemaker and other things. Piper & Co Verlag, Munich 1908.
- Flimperpimper, the big money ship. A prehistoric-modern cultural grotesque. Georg Müller, Munich & Leipzig 1908.
- Megander the Two-Headed Man and other stories. Delphin, Munich 1912.
- Rembrandt. Piper & Co Verlag, Munich 1923.
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Lexicon of horror literature. Fantasy Productions, Erkrath 1999, p. 124.
- Nessun Saprà: Lexicon of German Science Fiction & Fantasy 1870-1918. Utopica, Oberhaid 2005, ISBN 3-938083-01-8 , p. 77 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Eßwein in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Hermann Eßwein in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth register StA Mannheim, No. 747/1877
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eßwein, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eßwein, Edmund Hermann Heinrich August; Esswein, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1934 |
| Place of death | Munich |