Julius Petri
Julius Petri (born September 11, 1868 in Lippstadt , † November 16, 1894 in Berlin ) was a German writer .
Life
Julius Petri was the son of a master plumber . He attended a secondary school in Lippstadt and from 1887 studied German at the University of Berlin . Despite the early death of his father and a brother, his mother made it possible for him to graduate ; Petri did his doctorate in 1891 at the University of Rostock with a literary thesis to the doctor of philosophy .
After Julius Petri had been around the literary scholar Erich Schmidt during his studies and had published his first literary works in newspapers and magazines as a member of the Academic Literary Association , he decided to become a freelance writer . In 1894 he became personal assistant to the editor of the Deutsche Rundschau , Julius Rodenberg . Petri died of heart disease that same year.
Julius Petri's literary work consists mainly of novels , short stories and plays ; it is shaped by the Westphalian origins of the author and strongly influenced by the literary current of naturalism .
Works
- The Agnes Bernauer story in the German drama , Rostock 1891
- Father peccavi! , Stuttgart 1892
- Rothe Erde , Berlin 1895
- Mother's wages and other stories , Berlin-Charlottenburg 1927
literature
- Erich Schmidt: Petri, Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 31 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petri, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lippstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1894 |
| Place of death | Berlin |