Ludwig Abels

Ludwig W. Abels , pseudonym : Plein-air , (born March 16, 1867 in Vienna ; died June 2, 1937 in Paris ) was an Austrian writer .

Life

Ludwig Abels was the son of a watchmaker from Vienna. His talent for writing was discovered during his school days at the kk Franz-Joseph-Gymnasium from 1877 to 1884. Adolf Wilbrandt , Joseph Weilen and Hermann Rollett promoted the development of his poetic talent. The latter also gave Abels the opportunity to study philosophy and German at the University of Vienna from 1885 . As a student in 1889, he publicly laid down the Jewish faith. After he withdrew this resignation, he resigned from the Jewish Church for the second time in 1898.

From 1892 Ludwig Abels continued his studies at the University of Berlin . After successfully completing his degree, he stayed in Berlin as a freelance writer. There he briefly edited the satirical weekly “Das Narrenschiff” and maintained contacts with contemporary writers such as Theodor Fontane and Rainer Maria Rilke .

In 1898 he married and moved back to Austria with his wife. There he settled first in Vienna and then near Pernitz in Lower Austria . In Vienna he offered art walks in particular . His daughter Erika Abels-d'Albert later became an artist.

Due to economic considerations, he left Austria with his family in 1929 and moved to the French capital Paris , where he died in 1937.

Works (selection)

On Payday (Volksstück), 1893.
From the school of love , 1897.

literature

Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Volume 1. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, p. 24.
Portrait of Ludwig Abels, painted by Felix Harta

Web links

Literature by and about Ludwig Abels in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Anna Staudacher: "... reports the withdrawal from the Mosaic faith" , 2009, p. 16
↑ Barbara Karahan submitted a master's thesis on her, which also contains information on Ludwig Abels.
↑ In the literature, increasing anti-Semitism in Vienna is assumed to be the reason for moving to Paris. Abels had already renounced the Jewish faith in 1898.

personal data
SURNAME	Abels, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abels, Ludwig W .; Plein-air (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 16, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	June 2, 1937
Place of death	Paris

[1] Anna Staudacher: "... reports the withdrawal from the Mosaic faith" , 2009, p. 16

[2] Barbara Karahan submitted a master's thesis on her, which also contains information on Ludwig Abels.

[3] In the literature, increasing anti-Semitism in Vienna is assumed to be the reason for moving to Paris. Abels had already renounced the Jewish faith in 1898.