Johann Peter (writer, 1858)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johann Peter
Memorial stone for Johann Peter in Buchwald

Johann Peter (born February 23, 1858 in Buchwald , † February 14, 1935 in Winterberg ) was an Austrian writer . He also published under the pseudonyms Hans von Buchenwald and Hans von der Moldau .

Life

Johann Peter attended school in Bergreichenstein and completed a teacher training course in Budweis . From 1878 to 1882 he worked as a sub-teacher in Budweis, until 1897 as headmaster in Großmeiseldorf in Lower Austria . Johann Peter spent the years between 1897 and 1903 in Prachatitz . He was editor of the magazine “Böhmerwald” (9 years 1899–1907), Pohl Prachatitz. 1903–1924: Teacher in Haida (Northern Bohemia), most recently senior teacher in Bohemian-Leipa . 1930–1935 Johann Peter lived in Winterberg (Bohemian Forest).

Johann Peter was called " Rosegger of the Bohemian Forest". This applies both to his life, which, like the great Styrian folk poet, began in a secluded forest village - Buchwald, the highest village in the Bohemian Forest - as well as to the poetic work that repeatedly revolves around his beloved forest home, the Bohemian Forest , revolves around village life, customs and traditions.

The volume of stories "Once upon a time in the Bohemian Forest" was re-edited by his great-grandson Marc-Antoine Johannes Peter at the Robert Baierl publishing house in Passau.

Works

  • Spring, forest and love, book of poems, Ludolf Hansen publishing house, Budweis, 1881.
  • Character and moral images from the Bohemian Forest, Leykam, Graz 1886.
  • Beech green. New characters and stories from the German Bohemian Forest, Leipzig 1887.
  • Wild bullocks. Stories from the Bohemian-Bavarian border mountains, Leipzig 1889
  • Village stories from the Bohemian Forest, G. Körner, Leipzig 1890
  • Young blood. Village stories from the Bohemian Forest, Leipzig 1891.
  • The Poet in the Village Schoolhouse, Selected Poems, Grossenhain and Leipzig 1894
  • Woodruff and Gentian. Stories from the Bohemian Forest, Leipzig 1896.
  • In the deep cellar. Village stories from the Lower Austrian wine region, Linz, Vienna, Leipzig 1898.
  • The rogue from the Bohemian Forest. A funny book by Johann Peter, Verlag von Baumert and Ronge, Großenhain and Leipzig, 1903. u. a.
  • "How the Fanta came to a man". narrative
  • Granite and gneiss. New stories from the Bohemian-Bavarian high forest, Essen 1909
  • Swaying and purring. Stories from the Bohemian Forest, Brixen 1913.
  • The judge boy. A home book from my own youth, Herder, Freiburg / B. 1914, 2nd edition 1922, new edition 2017 Ohetaler Verlag
  • Folk nobles. A book of heroes for German youth, Munich 1916.
  • Heroes from the people. War stories from the Austrian army, Prague, Vienna, Leipzig 1916.
  • Fir and vine, village stories from the Bohemian Forest and the Lower Austrian wine country, Regensburg 1917.
  • From the German jungle. Stories from the Bohemian and Bavarian Forest, Regensburg, Vienna 1918
  • Sprouting forest, poems, Budweis 1929.
  • The picaresque Peter. A home book from their own youth for the youth, German Youth Library, Volume 2. State Publishing House in Prague, 1934
  • Manners and customs in the Lower Austrian wine region, Mistelbach 1998. (reprint 1912)
  • Stories from the Bohemian Forest, Passau 1996, first edition 1907.
  • It was in the Bohemian Forest, Munich 1968, first edition Essen 1908.
  • Youth days in the Bohemian Forest, Frankfurt / a. M. 1924.
  • Articles on cultural history, prose and poetry

literature

  • Ernestine Pichler: Johann Peter. Dissertation, University of Vienna 1938.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Peter, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hans von Buchenwald (pseudonym); Hans von der Moldau (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION bohemian writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Buchwald
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1935
Place of death Winterberg