Leopold Feldmann
Leopold Feldmann (born May 22, 1802 in Munich , † March 26, 1882 in Vienna ) was a Bavarian comedy poet .
Life
Leopold Feldmann was of Jewish descent, started his apprenticeship with a shoemaker, but soon left the same again and wrote a colorful play in 1817: The false oath , which was performed in the so-called Lipperltheater in Munich.
He then began a commercial apprenticeship; but the applause that his humorous and satirical genre pictures found in Munich journals moved him to devote himself entirely to literary work. In 1835 his Hell songs appeared , which in satirical form hide the pain of an unhappy love; his first comedy, The Son on Travel , was also given in Munich with decided applause.
Immediately afterwards he embarked on a five-year journey, during which he mostly stayed in Greece. Travel pictures for August Lewald's Europe and correspondence in the Allgemeine Zeitung were the literary fruit of this stay.
Feldmann lived in Vienna from 1850, where he worked as a dramaturge at the Theater an der Wien from 1850–54 and then mostly occupied himself with journalistic work, but without becoming unfaithful to the drama. Most of his numerous comedies, which were distinguished by their freshness and easygoing serenity, had decisive, if only temporary, success.
On his 70th birthday, Leopold Feldmann was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of St. Michael by the King of Bavaria .
Works
- The portrait of the beloved.
- Free choice.
- The blessed countess.
- The accountant and his daughters.
- A felt as a prasser.
A collection of these was published in Vienna 1845–52, 6 vols .; new series, Berlin 1855–57, 2 vols.
literature
- Feldmann Leopold. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 296.
- Franz Brümmer : Feldmann, Leopold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, p. 513 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Leopold Feldmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Leopold Feldmann in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feldmann, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian comedy poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1882 |
| Place of death | Vienna |