Michael Albert (writer)

Michael Albert (born October 21, 1836 in Trappold , † April 21, 1893 in Schäßburg ) was a Transylvanian writer and poet .

Life

Listed house in Schäßburg, where Michael Albert lived

Born the son of a wealthy farmer, Albert studied Protestant theology , German language and literature in Jena , Berlin and Vienna after attending grammar school in Schäßburg . During his studies he became a member of the Teutonia Jena fraternity in 1857/58 . One of his sponsors was the theologian Georg Gustav Roskoff . Albert worked as a private tutor in Vienna and, after taking his theological exams, became a grammar school teacher in Bistritz , Transylvania in 1860 , then at the Protestant upper secondary school in Schäßburg . He received his appointment as professor in 1861. He later became director of the seminar. From 1878 he also worked as a teacher at the adult education center. He wrote his most famous works in the last ten years of his life. His grave is in the Bergfriedhof in Schäßburg.

Publications (selection)

• The village school. Sibiu 1869.
• The Flanders at Alt. 2nd edition Leipzig 1883, 4th edition Hermannstadt 1923.
• Harteneck. Tragedy in five acts. Vienna, Sibiu 1886.
• Ulrich von Hutten. Historical drama in five acts. Sibiu 1893.

literature

• Adolf Schullerus:  Albert, Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, pp. 727-729.
• Karl Kurt Klein:  Albert, Michael. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 139 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 5-6.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Bergfriedhof of Schäßburg: A place of quiet romance. In: Siebenbürgische Zeitung of May 5, 2013.

Web links

• Michael Albert rests in the "Sachsenheim Garden". In: Siebenbürgische Zeitung from May 15, 2013.
• Poems by Michael Albert