Moritz Goldschmidt (writer)

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Moritz Goldschmidt (born September 26, 1865 in Homburg before the height , † June 6, 1934 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German writer , art patron, collector and trained banker. He was the son of the privateer Adolf Goldschmidt (1838-1915) and Rebecca Edinger (1842-1915).

Live and act

Goldschmidt moved to Frankfurt am Main with his parents in 1878 and trained there as a banker. He then worked for several years as a banker in a Frankfurt bank. He later gave up this activity and devoted himself to writing. He worked for various newspapers and magazines, including Über Land und Meer , Frankfurter Zeitung and Wiener Morgenzeitung . He was also an art patron and collected porcelain, handicrafts, etc.

He wrote poems ( Neue Sinngedichte, 1895), stories ( sunset and other stories. A book by the artist, 1900), numerous unprinted plays and the comic opera Frau Potiphar or Der Rock des Joseph, 1926.

The aphorisms written by Goldschmidt in the type of witty thought splinter appeared u. a. in the magazine Arena and the Frankfurter Zeitung as well as his collections of aphorisms: splinters and beams! from 1910 and keywords from 1913.

Works (selection)

  • Nettles. Epigrammatic weed. Printing and publishing v. Gebr. Knauer, Frankfurt am Main without year [1890].
  • Antidote. New epigrams. Gebr. Knauer, Frankfurt am Main 1891.
  • Colorful series. A story book. Gebr. Knauer, Frankfurt am Main 1893.
  • You never know! Comedy in one act. Pressure v. Gebr. Knauer, Frankfurt am Main 1894.
  • New epics. Kesselring'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Leipzig, Frankfurt am Main without year [1895].
  • Sunset and other stories. A book from the artist. Kesselring'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main, 1900.
  • Fountain of youth. Narration in verse. Kesselring'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig 1900.
  • Francesca of Rimini. A family idyll. M. Goldschmidts Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1905.
  • Juan Villegas. M. Goldschmidts Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1905.
  • “To the old romantic country!” M. Goldschmidts Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1906.
  • Through the mountains and Valley! New epics. M. Goldschmidts Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1906.
  • The Devil Madonna and Other Stories. M. Goldschmidts Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1907.
  • Histories. M. Goldschmidts Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1908. - Poems
  • The big and the small. M. Goldschmidts Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1908.
  • Duke Robert and the singer. A play in verse. Verlag v. Schirmer et al. Mahlau, Frankfurt am Main 1909.
  • Chronique scandaleuse. A story book. Verlag v. Schirmer et al. Mahlau, Frankfurt am Main 1909. - 2 parts
  • Splinters and beams! New aphorisms and epigrams. Verlag v. Schirmer et al. Mahlau, Frankfurt am Main 1910.
  • Flirt. Dramatic chats. Verlag v. Schirmer et al. Mahlau, Frankfurt am Main 1910.
  • Prologue for the welcome celebration in the Römer-Hallen on September 4, 1910 on the occasion of the XIX. Hiking meeting of the Association of German Architects and Engineers Associations in Frankfurt am Main. Without publisher, without location [Frankfurt am Main] without year [1910].
  • The weapon. Comedy in three acts. M. Goldschmidts Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1912.
  • Keywords. New aphorisms and epigrams. C. Koenitzers Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1913.
  • Mrs. Potiphar or The Rock of Joseph. Comic opera in 3 acts. H. Bechhold Verlagbuchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1926.
  • Power! A dramatic symphony. H. Bechhold Verlagbuchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1926.
  • Support. A comedy in four acts. H. Bechhold Verlagbuchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1927.
  • Disasters. Comedies. H. Bechhold Verlagbuchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1928.
  • Hero worship! Comedy in three acts. Published by the author's publishing house, Frankfurt am Main 1928
  • Noblesse oblige! or The sale of Hohenrade. Modern epic in a dramatic form. Published by the author's publishing house, Frankfurt am Main 1929.
  • Travel around the world of the kitchen. All sorts of glosses about cooking and baking, eating and drinking, hunger and thirst and related things. Published by the author's publishing house, Frankfurt am Main 1930.
  • Yesterday and today. Little comedies. Published by the author's publishing house, Frankfurt am Main 1930.
  • Funny war. New aphorisms. Published by the author's publishing house, Frankfurt am Main 1931.

Works with uncertain assignment

The above overview of works follows the listing in the lexicon of German-Jewish authors. There is a note that the following work assignments from Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 1917 (in Wininger also the 1924 edition) and Semi-Kürschner could not be verified bibliographically through interlibrary loaning in Germany (with the former GDR) and Austria:

  • The anniversary. Play. - Performed in Frankfurt am Main in 1893.
  • Torrential rain. Novellas. 1899.
  • From Saint Martin and others. A story book. 1904.
  • With the arrow, the bow ... epistles, 1904.
  • The blind and the lame. Chat. 1905.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Moritz Goldschmidt  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c S. Wininger: Great Jewish National Biography. Volume 2. Kraus reprint, Nendeln, Liechtenstein 1979. ISBN 3-262-02105-9 . Reprint of the edition: "Arta" printing house, Cernăuţi 1927. p. 460.
  2. ^ A b c Renate Heuer: Lexicon of German-Jewish authors. Volume 9: Glass Green. Published by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. De Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-598-22689-6 , pp. 158-166.
  3. ↑ Kürschner's German Literature Calendar.
    Spemann, Berlin, Stuttgart 5.1883–11.1889
    Kürschner 12.1890–15.1893
    Göschen 16.1894-24.1902
    Berlin and Leipzig 25.1903–39.1917, 40.1922–61.1998 (1999)
  4. ↑ Philipp Stauff (editor): literary encyclopedia of writers, poets, bankers, moneyers, doctors, actors ... of Jewish race and ethnicity who were active and known in Germany from 1813–1913. (Semi-furrier) 1st year. Self-published, Berlin-Gr.Lichterfelde 1913. - Anti-Semitic publication.


personal data
SURNAME Goldschmidt, Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and banker
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Homburg vor der Höhe
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1934
Place of death Frankfurt am Main