Ludwig Hamann

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Ludwig Hamann (born November 14, 1867 in Schwerin , † March 2, 1929 in Berlin ) was a German writer , journalist and publisher .

Life

Ludwig Hamann attended the Realgymnasium. He then worked as a bookseller in Magdeburg and Dresden , and later as a journalist. From 1894 he worked as a publisher in Leipzig . In 1900 he founded the magazine Musikwoche . Hamann later went to Stargard in Pomerania as editor of the Stargarder Zeitung .

Hamann was a versatile author. He wrote on subjects as diverse as The Journey to Pharaoh's Land and Conventional Lies in Bookstores . His flea memoirs in 3 volumes are remarkable . His historical novel Die Klosterhexe von Marienfließ and the fall of the Pomeranian ducal family (1910) takes place in Pomerania ; it deals with the fate of Sidonia von Borcke , who was convicted of witchcraft and executed in 1620.

Hamann provided the libretto for the secular oratorio Das Lied von der Tanne op. 11 (1908) for the composer Eugen Lasch (1870–1911), who worked in Pyritz in Pomerania and Stargard from 1904 ; In 1910/11, Lasch also set Hamann's little slumber song (“When my child doesn't want to sleep”) as a piano song in music.

Works (selection)

  • Conventional lies in the book trade. All sorts of impertinence. 1st edition: Hamann, Leipzig 1897. 3rd edition: Hamann, Leipzig 1903. (Reprint of the 3rd edition: Windecker Winkelpresse, Windeck 1977) ( 3rd edition online )
  • Flea Memoirs, Volume 1. Hubbig's Adventures. Memories of a Pulex irritans brought into ticklish rhymes. 1902.
  • Flea Memoirs, Volume 2. Hubbig's Cheerful Rides. Flea venom second dose tucked away in ticklish rhymes. Leipzig 1903.
  • Flea Memoirs, Volume 3. Hubbig's Last Jumps. The will of a bloodsucker opened in cheerful verse. Leipzig 1903.
  • The journey to the land of the pharaohs. A happy journey via Venice to the Nile Cataract, via Naples and Rome back. Marquardt, Berlin 1909.
  • The monastery witch of Marienfließ and the fall of the Pomeranian ducal family. Historical novel. Leipzig 1910.

literature

  • Fritz Raeck: Pomeranian literature. Samples and dates. Pommerscher Zentralverband, Hamburg 1969, p. 333.

Web links

Wikisource: Ludwig Hamann  - Sources and full texts


personal data
SURNAME Hamann, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, journalist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1929
Place of death Berlin