Martin Boelitz
Martin Boelitz (born May 10, 1874 in Wesel , † December 5, 1918 in Nuremberg ) was a German writer .
Life
Martin Boelitz came from a pastor family ; his brother was the future politician Otto Boelitz . Martin Boelitz attended high school in Wesel up to Obersekunda ; then he worked as a banker and stock exchange agent. From 1899 to 1901 he stayed in London ; During this time he edited the literary magazine Voices of the Present . From 1902 he headed the Nieter publishing house in Nuremberg . In 1914 he returned to Wesel with his family, where he became the owner of a bookshop and publisher of the Weseler Zeitung .
Martin Boelitz mainly wrote poems that mainly deal with his homeland on the Lower Rhine , but also - in the book of poems London - deal with social problems .
Works
- From dream and life , Berlin 1896
- Songs of Life , Dresden [a. a.] 1900
- London , Berlin [a. a.] 1901
- Merry Harvest , Minden iW 1905
- Selected poems , Leipzig 1908
- Twelve poems , Cologne 1913
- Hundred poems , Cologne 1922
- Mariä Lullaby , bibliophile single edition of the composition by Max Reger with color woodcuts by Karl Lorenz , Malente-Gremsmühlen (Tower Press) 1931.
- Poems , Wesel 1936
- Carry, blue dreams ... , Wesel 1963
Editing
- Nice old children's songs , Nuremberg 1904
- Joy to everyone , Nuremberg 1906
- Praise of joy , Nuremberg 1912
Translations
- (after Joel Chandler Harris ): Master Lampes funny pranks and adventures , Nuremberg 1904
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Boelitz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Martin Boelitz in the German Digital Library
- The Boelitz Brothers (with subcategory)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boelitz, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wesel |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1918 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |