Karl Knortz
Karl Knortz (born August 28, 1841 in Garbenheim near Wetzlar , † July 27, 1918 in North Tarrytown , USA ) was a German-American writer .
Life
Knortz emigrated to the USA in 1863 and devoted himself to teaching here. He worked in Detroit ( Michigan ) from 1866 to 1868 , then until 1871 in Oshkosh (Wisconsin) , later in Cincinnati ( Ohio ) for the German language and literature. He was interested in the poet Walt Whitman and wrote two books about him.
He worked as an editor of the "German Pioneer" in Cincinnati and the "Indiana Deutsche Zeitung" in Indianapolis.
Works (selection)
- Fairy tales and legends of the North American Indians
- American images of life . Sketches and diary sheets. Publishing magazine (J. Schabelitz), Zurich 1884 archive.org
- Epigrams
- Longfellow. A literary historical study
- Walt Whitman, the poet of democracy
- The Germanness of the United States . Verl.-Anst. and Dr. A.-G., Hamburg 1898 ( digitized version )
- An American Diogenes. Henry D. Thoreau . Hamburg 1899 ( online - Internet Archive )
literature
- Franz Menges: Knortz, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 226 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
Wikisource: Karl Knortz - Sources and full texts
Commons : Karl Knortz - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Karl Knortz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Karl Knortz in the Internet Archive
- say.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knortz, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Garbenheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1918 |
| Place of death | North Tarrytown |