Ludovica Ezekiel
Ludovica Karoline Albertine Emanuele Hesekiel (born July 3, 1847 in Altenburg , † April 6, 1889 in Neustadt bei Coburg ) was a German writer.
Life
Ludovica Ezekiel was born as the daughter of the journalist George Ezekiel and his wife Elisabeth. Her grandfather was the writer Leberecht Förster . Through their father, the poets Ludwig Tieck and Emanuel Geibel became their godparents.
After high school, she became the assistant to her father, who also worked as an editor for historical articles at Pierer's Universal-Lexikon , where she acquired an enormous amount of specialist knowledge, which she then benefited from as a writer. She published her entire literary work ( stories , novels , life pictures) under her birth name.
After her father's death, Ludovica lived with her family in Potsdam . There she was in lively correspondence with Theodor Fontane , who was working on von Wuthenow's chess at the time . Ezekiel's novels and short stories were mainly published in novel newspapers.
When Ezekiel married the widowed pastor Wilhelm Johnsen (1849–1914) at the age of 40 in 1887 , she moved to Neustadt near Coburg with her husband and his children (including the later mineralogist Arrien Johnsen ). Two years later she died on April 6, 1889 at the age of 41.
In the family and friends circle, Ludovika was mostly called Ludchen .
Works
- A Brandenburg court maid. Historical novel from Joachim Nestor's days , 3 vols., 1868
- Food and drink. A German cookbook , 1870 (together with her father George Eesekiel)
- Lenz Schadewacht. Historical novel from the history of Brandenburg , 4 vols., 1871
- Barrack life. Sketches from the Berlin Militair-Lazareth 1870-1871 , 1872
- From Brandenburg to Bismarck. Novel from the present , 2 vols., 1873
- Under the rafter sign , Roman, 1877
- The exiles , three stories, 1880
- Elisabeth Luise, Queen of Prussia, wife of King Friedrich, Wilhelm IV. A picture of life , 1881
- Zünstig , Roman, 3 vols., 1881
- Lottchen Lindholz. A Berlin story from the 17th century , 2 vols., 1882
- Prince Wilhelm. A story from a quiet time , 1883
- God with us! Patriotic Tales , 1883
- Alaaf Cologne , Roman, 2 vol., 1884
- German Dreamers, Patriotic Novel , 1884
- Your Excellency , Story, 1886
- From major and minor , stories, 3 vol., 1886
- Fromm and Feudal , Roman, 3 vol., 1886
- Agnes Fürstin Reuss younger line born. Duchess of Württemberg. A picture of life , 1887
- Templer und Johanniter , Roman, 2 vol., 1887
- Jesus, my confidence . From the life of Electress Luise Henriette. (Fatherland History and Entertainment Library, Vol. 10), Breslau 1888
- Nuremberg trinkets. A story from the fifteenth century , 2 vols., 1888
- Andernach and Clairvaux , 2 vols., Roman, 1890
literature
- Wilhelm Johnsen, editor of the ADB: Ezekiel, Ludovica . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, pp. 273-276.
- George Fontane: My dear little girl. Letters to the writer Ludovica Ezekiel 1869–1886. Edited by Heide Streiter-Buscher . Pro Business publishing house, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86386-606-8
Web links
- Ludovica Ezekiel In: Database Project Historical Novel. University of Innsbruck.
- Literature by and about Ludovica Ezekiel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Ludovica Ezekiel in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ezekiel, Ludovica |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ezekiel, Ludovica Karoline Albertine Emanuele (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1889 |
| Place of death | Neustadt near Coburg |