Johannes Thummerer

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Johannes Thummerer (born December 17, 1888 in Marienbad , Austria-Hungary , † October 31, 1921 in Leipzig ) was a German librarian and writer.

Life

Johannes Thummerer's grave

Thummerer attended high school in Komotau and then enrolled at the Charles University in Prague . His studies ended Thummerer successful with a doctorate to Dr. phil.

Then Thummerer got a job as a librarian for the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis at Duino Castle near Trieste . During this activity he met Rainer Maria Rilke , who was staying there as a guest. Rilke's work impressed Thummerer very much and became a model for him.

Thummerer later settled in Leipzig and became a librarian at the Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig . He married and had two daughters, one daughter died as a toddler.

Johannes Thummerer died on October 31, 1921 at the age of 33 of tuberculosis , which he contracted during the First World War . Thummerer and his wife found his final resting place in the south cemetery in Leipzig .

Some works remained unpublished throughout his life, including a. The gentleman from the mirror , the black city and the window cleaner Joachim Janke . Thummerer's literary work begins in late Impressionism; however, like his colleague Viktor Hadwiger , he is one of the earliest Expressionists .

Works (selection)

  • Gerhart Hauptmann. On the poet's 50th birthdays (1912)
  • Hannerle. A novel for the blind (1915)
  • Dear fatherland, may you be calm. A colorful range of new war and Soldiers songs (1915)
  • The barber girl. Soldier novel from Austria (1916)
  • The dancing family Holderbusch. A folk novel from Austria (1918)
  • Food stamps . In: Börsenblatt for the German book trade (1917)
  • Corporations' war newspapers . In: Börsenblatt f d. German book trade (1917)
  • War paintings exhibition . In: Börsenblatt for the German book trade (1917)
  • Field newspapers . In: Börsenblatt for the German book trade (1918)
  • The natural-philosophical-romantic view of the human being as a union of body and mind in Heinrich Heine (1919)
  • Shopkeepers and souls. A German city novel (1920)
  • People, cities, celebration sound. Poems (1920)
  • Rainer Maria Rilke. Festschrift (1921)
  • The last letter from Count von B. (1909)

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personal data
SURNAME Thummerer, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Marienbad , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1921
Place of death Leipzig