Konrad Telmann

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Konrad Telmann

Konrad Telmann , born as Ernst Otto Konrad Zitelmann (born November 26, 1854 in Stettin , † January 24, 1897 in Rome ) was a German lawyer and writer .

Through an official name change , the writer's name Telmann became a real name.

Life

Telmann came from a family of patricians and lawyers from Szczecin . His father was a general councilor and councilor. His maternal grandfather was the poet Ludwig Giesebrecht and his uncle Konrad Zitelmann also worked as a writer alongside his job. One cousin was the writer Katharina Zitelmann .

Telmann attended the Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin. Even as a schoolboy interested in poetry and poetry, he traveled a lot and studied law in Berlin , Heidelberg , Leipzig and Greifswald .

In 1876 he went as a court clerk to Szczecin and doctorate to Dr. iur. The pulmonary tuberculosis that broke out in adolescence , his unstable state of health and the reluctance to pursue a career as a lawyer prompted him to quit administrative service in 1879 and live permanently in Switzerland , southern France (1883 Menton ), Italy and Sicily .

In 1891 he married the painter and writer Hermione von Preuschen , divorced Dr. med. Schmidt. He lived with her in Rome . The couple had two daughters.

Telmann stayed regularly in Germany during the summer months and took part in the political and social circumstances there. In September 1896 he accompanied his wife to the first International Congress for Women's Work and Efforts in Berlin, organized by Lina Morgenstern .

Free-spirited and enthusiastic, Telman was drawn into social, ecclesiastical, collegial and judicial conflicts. Ostentativ, the German Art Association in Rome refused to accept him after he had described “certain types” of the association in his novel Under Roman Heaven . At the age of only 43 he died of so-called consumption and a stroke in Rome. The Prussian Upper Consistory in Berlin refused to give his church burial in Rome.

The two daughters Helga and Ingeborg were adopted by Henning von Holtzendorff and raised to the Prussian nobility in 1907.

meaning

Like his friend Hermann Sudermann, Telmann is one of the writers of German naturalism . In his extensive work he discusses the social, political, ethical, and religious issues of his time from a decidedly modern point of view. In his passionate, rousing written depictions, the social reform impetus often dominates the artistic design. Some of his novels led to public protests; In particular, the depiction of Catholicism in Unter den Dolomiten was persecuted by church authorities and led to a ban on church burials.

As a novelist , Telman wrote 69 works in 93 volumes in 24 years. His novels and short stories, some of which were only published posthumously, are still worth reading today. Hermann Sudermann called Telmann a "martyr of life". He drew a lot of inspiration for his novels and short stories from his native Pomerania . At his urn burial, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson said of him : “In this poet Germany is losing a big heart and one of the noblest champions for freedom and light. "

Telman's life has many parallels to that of Ferdinand Gregorovius .

Works (selection)

  • In Pomerania . Collection of novels (1875)
  • In the early red , novel (1880)
  • Gods and Idols , Roman (1884)
  • Dark Existences , novel (1886)
  • Modern Ideals , Novel (1886)
  • From abroad , poetry (1889)
  • From the tribe of the Icarids , Roman (1891)
  • Under the Thatched Roof , Roman (1892)
  • On your own floe , Roman (1894)
  • Shade plants , short stories (1894)
  • Bohémiens , Roman (1895); New edition Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-923211-24-1 pdf
  • Under Roman skies , Roman (1896; digitized in the Internet Archive )
  • Gottbegnadet , novel (1897)
  • Out of Pity , Roman (1897)
  • Unter den Dolomiten , Roman (1893; digitized version of the 7th edition from 1900 in the Internet Archive)
  • The game is over! , Novel (1898)
  • Death to the hats! (posthumously)
  • The end of the song , novel (posthumous)
  • What is truth , Roman (1900, posthumously; digitized in the Internet Archive ; new edition in England: 2009 Kessinger Pub., ISBN 110452628X )

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personal data
SURNAME Telmann, Konrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zitelmann, Ernst Otto Konrad (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet, writer and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1897
Place of death Rome