Hermann Schiff

Hermann Schiff.

Hermann Schiff (born as David Bär Schiff on May 1, 1801 in Hamburg ; died on April 1, 1867 there ) was a German writer .

Life

Hermann Schiff was Heinrich Heine's cousin . After studying philosophy in Göttingen, Berlin and Jena (with doctorate in 1825) he dealt with music and literature. He moved to Leipzig, where he edited the literary magazine Der Dichterspiegel . He then moved to Berlin, where he worked on various magazines. In 1835 he returned to Hamburg. Here he worked as a journalist. In order to make a living, he also worked as an actor, fencing master, poet, musician, ballet dancer and music writer. He lived in great need and died, baptized Protestant, in the poor house. Nevertheless, he was buried in the Jewish cemetery, as no document was found about the baptism that had taken place.

Works (selection)

• Estate of the cat Murr. A continuation of the life views of the cat Murr from ETA Hoffmann . Leipzig, 1825
• Balzac's pictures of life . From the French. translated by Dr. Ship. 2 vol., Berlin, 1830/1831
• The misery . Three novellas based on Balzac by Dr. Ship. Berlin, 1832
• The slap . Novella. Hamburg, 1836. (As title edition 1841 under the title Linchen or Erziehungs -results )
• Grateful death . A fairy tale novella. Hamburg, 1838
• Schief-Levinche with his Kalle or Polish economy . A comical novel with preface by Isaak Bernays [d. i. Hermann Schiff]. Hamburg, 1848
• Castles in the air . Hamburg, 1854
• The Princess of Ahlden or three prophecies . A novel of world history by Heinrich Freese [d. i. Hermann Schiff]. Hamburg, 1855
• Short story bouquet . Collected and edited for the best of the author. by Mrs. Wilibald Wulff. Hamburg, 1858
• The skeleton sold . Novella. Hamburg, 1866
• Self-confessions of an opinion flea . Novella. Hamburg, 1866
• The moon piece . Caprice. Hamburg, 1866
• "Varinka, or: The Rothe Schenke" and other stories . Edited with an afterword. by Olaf Briese. Hanover: Wehrhahn Verlag 2013. (19th century library; 10)

literature

• Franz Brümmer :  Ship, Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 192 f.
• Marion Dudella: H ermann Schiff: A Jewish poet between late romanticism and Vormärz , Erlangen-Nürnberg, Univ., Master's thesis, 1999.
• Gabriele von Glasenapp : Ship, Hermann. In: Andreas B. Kilcher (Ed.): Metzler Lexicon of German-Jewish Literature. Jewish authors in the German language from the Enlightenment to the present. 2nd, updated and expanded edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02457-2 , pp. 447-449.
• Ikenaga, Mamiko .: The ghetto stories of Hermann Schiff and Hermann Blumenthal . P. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-631-37138-1 . (also Univ. Diss. Düsseldorf 2000)
• Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Volume V, page 415 f.
• Obituary " Hermann Schiff " in: Illustrirte Zeitung , Vol. 48 (1867), pp. 319-320.