Ludwig Fulda

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Ludwig Fulda
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Stolperstein , Miquelstrasse 86, in Berlin-Dahlem

Ludwig Anton Salomon Fulda (born July 15, 1862 in Frankfurt am Main , † March 30, 1939 in Berlin ) was a German playwright and translator .

Life

Ludwig Fulda was the son of a banker and began his writing career while studying German and philosophy as an employee of a historical-critical poet's edition, after he had first broken off a commercial training. After completing his studies at the universities of Berlin , Leipzig and Heidelberg , he received his doctorate in 1883. After that he had his first successes in the theater, so that from 1884 he lived as a freelance writer in Munich (later temporarily in Berlin). With his friend Max Bernstein he developed marketing strategies for literary works as well as ways of circumventing censorship . In 1886 the two organized the first performance of Henrik Ibsen's Die Gespenster in Germany (in Augsburg ) as an officially closed performance. Following this, Fulda founded the "Free Stage" in Berlin in 1889 together with Otto Brahm and Fritz Mauthner , of which he was the director.

Ludwig Fulda mainly wrote poems and plays and also worked as a translator . In 1906 and 1913 he made lecture tours through the USA. Fulda was also caught up in the national wave of enthusiasm at the beginning of the First World War. Together with Hermann Sudermann and Georg Reicke , he was one of the authors of the appeal by 93 scholars and artists "To the cultural world!" His fearless struggle against censorship, especially as a co-founder of the Goethebund in Berlin, and his advocacy for the rights of authors predestined him to work in the Prussian Academy of the Arts , of which he was one of the founding members of the poetry section in 1926. From 1925 to 1932 he was also, together with Karl Federn, the first President of the German PEN Club and, from 1926, Chairman of the Senate of the Poetry Section in the Prussian Academy of the Arts.

On his 70th birthday in the summer of 1932, President Paul von Hindenburg awarded him the Goethe Medal for Art and Science . Further domestic and foreign honors followed, for example the Burgtheater-Ring in April 1933. On May 8, 1933, he was expelled as a Jew from the Poetry Section of the Prussian Academy of the Arts and in 1935 was banned from publication.

tomb

In 1937 he returned to Germany after visiting his son Karl Hermann, who had emigrated to the USA the year before, which turned out to be a fatal mistake. Fulda then tried for a long time to obtain an exit visa, but did not receive a residence permit for the USA. He died of suicide in Berlin at the age of 76 . He is buried in the Dahlem forest cemetery. His grave is dedicated to the city of Berlin as an honorary grave .

meaning

Ludwig Fulda was one of the most played playwrights of his time with close ties to literary life and literary institutions from the German Empire to the Weimar Republic .

The Talisman is one of his most important stage pieces . In his first pieces he still orientated himself on Roderich Benedix , later on Oscar Blumenthal and with the advent of naturalism he unsuccessfully approached social drama.

As a translator, especially of the works of Molière , he has made lasting contributions. His transmission of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand has been played a lot to this day .

Through his significant involvement in the appeal of 93 prominent scholars and artists 'An die Kulturwelt!' in September 1914 he made a noteworthy contribution to the propaganda in the First World War .

Works (in selection)

  • The Sincere , Comedy, 1883
  • Satura. Crickets and Schwänke , 1884
  • The Right of Women , comedy, 1886
  • The Wild Hunt ... , 1888
  • Poems , 1890
  • The upright , comedy, 1890
  • In private , comedy, 1890
  • Paradise Lost , play, 1892; filmed in 1917 directed by Bruno Rahn or Harry Fredall
  • The Talisman , Dramatic Fairy Tale, 1893
  • Robinsons Island , Comedy, 1896
  • Miss Wittwe , comedy, 1896
  • Annoying Beauty , Dramatic Poem, 1897
  • The Caliph's Son , 1897
  • Young Friends , 1898
  • Herostrat , tragedy, 1898
  • The colliery , drama, 1899
  • New poems , 1900
  • Land of plenty , fairytale swank, 1900
  • The twin sister , comedy, 1901
  • Kaltwasser , comedy, 1902
  • From the workshop. Studies and Suggestions , 1904
  • Schiller and the new generation , lecture, 1904
  • Masquerade , drama, 1904
  • The Secret King , romantic comedy, 1906
  • American impressions , 1906
  • Der Dummkopf , comedy, 1907; filmed in 1920 directed by Lupu Pick
  • The example , 1909
  • Seven one-act plays ... , 1909
  • Lord and Servant , 1910
  • Aladdin and the Magic Lamp , 1912
  • German culture and immigration , 1916
  • The student of life , drama, 1916
  • The right one , 1918
  • The miracle cure , 1920
  • The volcano , comedy, 1922
  • The Beloved , Comedy, 1923
  • The Opposing Candidates , Comedy, 1924
  • The through-going , comedy, 1925
  • Colorful Society , 1927
  • The reform of copyright law , 1928
  • The enchanted princess , 1930
  • Die Karriere , A play in five stations, 1932. Premiere June 3, 1932 Dresden ( Staatliches Schauspielhaus )

Translations

Letter issues

  • Ludwig Fulda. Correspondence 1882–1939. Evidence of literary life in Germany. 2 vols., Ed. v. Bernhard Gajek u. Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg. Lang, Frankfurt am Main a. a. 1988, ISBN 3-8204-1258-1 (= Regensburg contributions to German linguistics and literary studies; Series A / Sources; 4).

literature

  • Holger duration: Ludwig Fulda, successful writer. A mentality-historically oriented interpretation of popular dramatic texts. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1998. (= studies and texts on the social history of literature; 62) ISBN 3-484-35062-8
  • Inge Jens : Poet between right and left. The history of the Poetry Section of the Prussian Academy of the Arts, presented according to the documents. 2nd ext. Aufl. Kiepenheuer, Leipzig 1994. ISBN 3-378-00537-8
  • Alfred Klaar: Ludwig Fulda. Life and life's work. Cotta, Stuttgart a. a. 1922.
  • Fritz Martini:  Fulda, Ludwig Anton Salomon. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 727 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Fulda, Ludwig. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 8: Frie – Gers. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-598-22688-8 , pp. 279-301.
  • Jürgen and Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg, The appeal "To the cultural world!" The Manifesto of 93 and the beginnings of war propaganda in World War I, with a contribution by Trude Maurer , people and structures. Historical and social science studies Volume 21, 2nd, extended edition, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main a. a. 2013, ISBN 978-3-631-64167-5 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Jürgen and Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg: The appeal "To the cultural world!" The Manifesto of 93 and the beginnings of war propaganda in the First World War. Second, expanded edition, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2013, ISBN 978-3-631-64167-5 .
personal data
SURNAME Fulda, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fulda, Ludwig Anton Salomon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German playwright and translator
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1939
Place of death Berlin