Maximilian Kern

Maximilian Kern ( pseudonym : Beowulf , born May 5, 1877 in Böhmisch Wiesenthal , † around 1945 in Berlin ) was a German journalist and writer .

Life

At the beginning of the 20th century Maxmilian Kern worked for the youth magazine " Der Gute Kamerad ", but also wrote for the youth book series Das Neue Universum . Later he worked for Ullstein-Verlag ; until 1929 he worked there as editor-in-chief of the magazine " Koralle ". From 1905, Kern published a series of exotic adventure books for boys, which appeared in the "Kamerad-Bibliothek" of the Stuttgart Union-Verlag . These books achieved large editions and some of them - in edited form - appeared until the 1950s. Maximilian Kern's most successful work is the handicraft book Selbst ist der Mann , published in 1908 , which later appeared with co-author Oskar Grissemann up to the 53rd edition until 1931.

Publications

FERT Foemina erit ruina tua. Vienna 1898.
under the pseudonym Beowulf: The House of Habsburg and its German subjects Munich 1902.
The eye of the fo. Stuttgart 1905.
under the pseudonym Beowulf: The German-English War. Vision of a seafarer Berlin 1906.
In the labyrinth of the corridor. Stuttgart 1907.
Himself is the man. Stuttgart 1908.
In the wilderness of the Gran Chaco. Stuttgart 1909, online
Under the dragon's claw , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1909
Pharaoh's legacy. Stuttgart 1910.
The Mercury Lake. The New Universe Volume 32 pp. 1 ff., 1911.
Photographic enlargements and projection. Stuttgart 1914.
The master of Celebes. Stuttgart 1914.
I had a comrade. Stuttgart 1915.
The traveling student. Einsiedeln 1916.
Among Mongols and savages. Stuttgart 1917.

Editing

The light of the east. Stuttgart 1922, online

Translations

Naian Shi : How Lo-Ta came under the rebels. Leipzig 1904.

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personal data
SURNAME	Kern, Maximilian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Beowulf (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bohemian Wiesenthal
DATE OF DEATH	around 1945
Place of death	Berlin