Hugo Salus

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Book cover by Heinrich Vogeler (1905)
Illustration by Reinhold Max Eichler to the poem Chamber Music (1896)

Hugo Salus (born August 3, 1866 in Bohemian-Leipa , Austrian Empire ; died February 4, 1929 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ) was a Bohemian gynecologist and German-speaking writer.

Life

Hugo Salus, son of the Jewish veterinarian Moritz Salus (1839–1909) from Klein Schokau (today Malý Šachov, Czech Republic) and his wife Therese, born in Raudnitz (today Roudnice, Czech Republic). Kafka (1839–1907), studied medicine from 1885 at the German Karl Ferdinand University in Prague . Right at the start of his studies, Salus joined the reading and speaking hall for German students in Prague and remained an active member of it throughout his university years . After receiving his doctorate on February 25, 1891, he worked as an assistant at the Hygiene Institute, then at the obstetrical clinic. On October 13, 1895, he married Olga Engel (1874–1926), a daughter of the porcelain manufacturer Ludwig Engel , who lives in the Prague suburb of Königliche Weinberge . In mid-November of the same year, Salus opened its own gynecological practice at 25 Heinrichsgasse (today Jindřišská, Prague 1). In June 1909 his son Wolfgang Salus was born.

In addition to his medical work, Salus published numerous volumes of poetry and stories and was one of the more important representatives of German Prague literature of his time. Among other things, he was a member of the Concordia writers and artists' association . Heinrich Vogeler illustrated some of his books, such as the little consolation book for the childless , and Arnold Schönberg set two of his poems to music.

In 1955, Salusgasse in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after him.

Works (selection)

Poetry

  • Poems. Paris / Leipzig / Munich 1898.
  • New poems. Paris / Leipzig / Munich 1899.
  • Marriage spring. Jena 1900.
  • Round dance. Munich 1900.
  • Harvest. Munich 1903.
  • New sheaves. Munich 1904.
  • The flower bowl. Munich 1908.
  • Bell sound. Poems. Munich 1911.
  • The new book. New poems. Munich 1919.
  • Clear sound. Vienna 1922.
  • Bright dreams. Munich 1924.
  • God's harp. Vienna 1928.

prose

  • Short stories by the poet. Berlin 1903.
  • Christa. A gospel of beauty. Vienna 1902.
  • The blue window. Novellas. Berlin 1906.
  • Consolation booklet for childless people. Jena 1909.
  • Andersen calendar 1911. Twelve fairy tales. Vienna 1910.
  • Weak heroes. Berlin 1910.
  • The wedding night. The black flag. Leipzig 1913.
  • Souls and senses. Leipzig 1913.
  • Thoughtful stories. Leipzig 1914.
  • The Heimatstein and other stories. Leipzig 1915.
  • Summer evening. new prose. Leipzig 1916.
  • The beautiful Barbara. Leipzig / Vienna 1919.
  • Friend Kafku. Berlin / Leipzig 1919.
  • The examination. A ghetto story. Vienna / Leipzig 1920.
  • The maiden price. Berlin 1921.
  • Past. Vienna / Leipzig 1921.

Dramas

  • Susanna in the bath. Play in one act. Munich 1901.
  • Roman comedy. 3 acts. Munich 1909.

literature

  • Paul Wertheimer: Hugo Salus. Prague 1902.
  • Johannes Thummerer : Hugo Salus. In: Reclams Universum - Weltrundschau , Sept. 22, 1913 (= Universum Jahrbuch. 1913), pp. 441–444 (with portrait art supplement next to p. 440).
  • Lotte Tinkl: Neo- Romantic elements in Hugo Salus and Franz Herold . (Dissertation Vienna 1949).
  • Emil Franzel : Hugo Salus - a piece of sunken Prague. On the 40th anniversary of his death, 1866–1929. In: Sudetendeutscher Kulturalmanach. 7, 17-19 (1969).
  • Hermann Kletzander: Hugo Salus and Art Nouveau , 1977, (dissertation Salzburg 1977)
  • Helga Abret: Hugo Salus and Jaroslav Vrchlický . The relationship between the two poets based on a few unpublished Salus letters. In: Institute for Austrian Studies IÖK: Austria in History and Literature. 24, 28-34 (1980).
  • Wilhelm Theopold : Doctor and Poet about it. Poet doctors from five centuries. 2nd Edition. Kirchheim, Mainz 1987, ISBN 3-87409-032-9 .
  • Alois Hofman:  Salus Hugo. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 395 f. (Direct links on p. 395 , p. 396 ).
  • Salus, Hugo. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 18: Phil – Samu. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. De Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2010, ISBN 978-3-598-22698-4 , pp. 493-504.
  • Hartmut Binder : Hugo Salus. Obstetrician and poet too. In: Harald Salfellner (Ed.): With pen and scalpel. Crossing the border between literature and medicine . Vitalis, Prague 2014, ISBN 978-3-89919-167-7 , pp. 249-285.

Web links

Commons : Hugo Salus  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Hugo Salus  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ website IÖK
personal data
SURNAME Salus, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian gynecologist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Bohemian Leipa
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1929
Place of death Prague