Karl Ettlinger

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Karl Ettlinger (pseudonyms: Karlchen, Helios, Bim; born January 22, 1882 in Frankfurt am Main , † May 29, 1939 in Berlin ) was a German journalist and humorous writer.

Life

Ettlinger was a son of the Jewish businessman Emil Ettlinger from Frankfurt and his wife Mathilde nee. Oppenheim . His older brother was the philosopher Max Ettlinger . From 1902 he regularly published poems in Frankfurt dialect in the then very popular weekly newspaper Die Jugend (see also: Art Nouveau ). As an ardent patriot , he went to the First World War and wrote Karlchen's war reports with a circulation of around 150,000 copies. Seriously wounded in 1916, he was discharged from military service after a long hospital stay. After the war, briefly managing editor of the youth , he worked from 1918 as a freelance writer . In 1927 he ended his collaboration with the magazine.

He wrote in German-language newspapers and magazines , worked for radio broadcasts and often appeared in cabarets . With Karlchen Evenings he was out and about in bathing resorts and larger cities in Germany. In 1933 when National Socialism came to power , he was banned from working for the first time. In 1939 he was finally banned from writing and was ordered to leave his place of residence in Egern am Tegernsee .

To prepare for his brother's departure to the USA, he traveled to Berlin via Frankfurt. There he had to undergo bile surgery and died of heart failure after the operation in a Jewish hospital. He is buried in Frankfurt.

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Ettlinger has published around 40 books and around 1,700 articles in the magazine Jugend , some of them in new editions.

All his life he felt connected to his hometown Frankfurt, some works are written in Frankfurt dialect.

Since 2002 the Frankfurt dialect recitation theater REZI * BABBEL has been honoring the Frankfurt rascal with the program Oh, Fräulein, forchbarous my blood! , which is also available on CD.

Works

  • Miss Tugendschön, the noble governess and other humoresques. Georg Müller, Munich.
  • Moritzchen's diary. Communicated by Karl Ettlinger. Berlin 1908
  • Diary of a happily married man. Withheld and communicated by Karlchen. Georg Müller, Munich.
  • Grandebouche and Lausikoff , 1915 (appeared in 60 editions)
  • The Valkyrie divided
  • Unchained poems by eme alde Frankford , 1916
  • Benno stand-up collar , 1917 (100,000 copies sold)
  • The canoe and other humoresques. Georg Müller, Munich.
  • Trained in freedom. Humoresques. Georg Müller, Munich.
  • Songs of a country storm man. Georg Müller, Munich.
  • Our donna. A modern maid's diary. Georg Müller, Munich.
  • Mister Galgenstrick , 1915 (150,000 copies sold)
  • The Taming of the Shrew. Novel. Georg Müller, Munich.
  • Marquis Bonvivant. With drawings by M. Schwarzer. Georg Müller, Munich.
  • The relationship
  • The bewitched city. A cheerful rascal story. Georg Müller, Munich 1922.
  • Tolerant Eve. Narrative. Georg Müller, Munich.
  • Karlchen album. With funny drawings by Carl Sturtzkopf. Georg Müller, Munich 1923.
  • From a happy heart , 1928
  • The eternal rascal , 1931
  • The shot stork , 1931

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SURNAME Ettlinger, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karlchen; Helios; Bim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1939
Place of death Berlin