Karl Vanselow (writer)
Ludwig Karl Vanselow (born March 20, 1877 in Schönlanke , Posen province , † December 28, 1959 in Berlin ) was a German writer , publisher and photographer .
biography
After the death of his father, his older brother took care of him and made it possible for him to attend the grammar school in Elbing . When his brother died shortly afterwards, he had to look after the family himself and began working as a journalist in the editorial team of Deutsche Warte magazine in Berlin in 1895 . After a few years he set up his own magazine Das Schulhaus (1899-1913) and other publishing projects in the service of the life reform movement .
Karl Vanselow is mainly mentioned as the founder and longtime editor of the magazine " Die Schönheit ", which appeared from 1903 to 1932 and in which he also published his own nude photographs. A model, the dancer Olga Desmond , was hired by him for “beauty evenings” in Berlin. He is considered a friend of the painter Fidus . In 1914 he had to give up his publishing house because he was facing bankruptcy.
His first volume of poems, "Von Weib und Welt", was published several times by various publishers. Because of his magazine Gender and Society (1905-1914) he was accused of disseminating lewd writings, but acquitted in 1907 at the trial before the Berlin Regional Court. Even with the magazine The beauty he came because of the nudes in court: The Supreme Court Leipzig acquitted him in 1906 and 1909 free because the representation of the nude to advertising for nudism contributes.
Until the early 1930s he had an address in Berlin, where his publishing house “Das Schulhaus” was also based. However, Vanselow gave the villa he bought in Werder (Havel) in 1910 as his permanent address . Job title was usually "writer". In 1921 and 1928 he is the owner of the “Beauty-Lichtspiele” cinema in Ludwigkirchstrasse. 6, which at times belonged to a Klara Rothe. After that and before that it was called “Uhland-Lichtspiele” and was later the venue for the Reich Cabaret . He probably wrote scripts for UFA .
Through his acquaintance with Jan Fethke , a screenwriter and director, he got to know Esperanto and was able to publish poems in international Esperanto magazines as early as the mid-thirties. In old age he showed himself to be a committed advocate of planned language . He has written an Esperanto textbook in poetry and published numerous Esperanto poems. That is why it was also known as the “Verda Trobadoro” (Green Troubadur) at that time.
He is also considered the hometown poet of his hometown Schönlanke in the Netzekreis (now in Poland).
On the importance of Karl Vanselow
A testimony to the intensity of the discussion about gender issues at the beginning of the 20th century is the journal Gender and Society, founded by Karl Vanselow in 1905 with the supplement “Sexualreform”, whose task it should be “to focus on the major reforms of our time Involve issues of gender and society ”.
The starting point was the observation: “ The educational, medical and legal authorities are increasingly coming to the conclusion that natural questions must be allowed a natural freedom. And so we see increasingly problems of sexual and social life in their necessary interaction come to the fore of public interest and open discussion. “In line with this development, the different issues of gender issues from a medical and biological point of view were treated in the journal as well as the associated social, ethical and legal aspects were taken into account.
The openness with which the treatises also addressed questions of sexuality led to attempts to have the magazine banned by the courts after the first issue of Gender and Society was published. The resulting legal dispute, however, led to the decision that the magazine was " in no way to be regarded as immoral ", but as "justified and moral in its tendency, especially since it is not intended for immature youth, but for adult and educated readers." be. Biographical essays on well-known women of the present, standing rubrics on the " employment " of women with practical information on women's professions, on " women's life and striving for women " with news about the scientific work of women, on the activities of the " women's associations " and a "book show" supplemented the program the magazine.
Works
- Fairy tale of love , 1898
- Of women and the world. Poems. With drawings by Franz Müller. Verlag der Schönheit, 3rd edition, Berlin / Leipzig / Vienna [1918],
- Ideal Nudity , Beauty Publishing House, 1914
- Nia lingvo Esperanto. Limpert, Berlin (1946–1953)
- Esperanto. Juncker, Berlin 1948
- Ed .: Das Schulhaus , magazine 1899–1913
- Ed .: The Beauty Magazine 1902 / 3–1932
- Ed .: Gender and Society , magazine 1905–1913
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Vanselow in the catalog of the German National Library
- Harald Fischer Verlag
- Fidus project
- Short biography and information on the work of Karl Vanselow (writer) at Literaturport
Single receipts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vanselow, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vanselow, Ludwig Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, publisher and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönlanke , Province of Poznan |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1959 |
| Place of death | Berlin |