Oskar Justinus

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Oskar Justinus

Oskar Justinus Cohn (born February 21, 1839 in Breslau ; † August 6, 1893 in Bad Nauheim ) was a German journalist and writer .

Life

He came from a trading house in Breslau, which he was later to take over management. So he went through a commercial apprenticeship. His brother Ferdinand Cohn was a well-known botanist and bacteriologist. His father was the Austrian consul general and received his doctorate in old age. Justinus was not very successful as a businessman and after bankruptcy dissolved his father's trading company with loss of all assets and moved to Berlin, where he devoted himself to writing. His first play, Der Vereinheld , was performed in Wroclaw in 1861, but his next plays only appeared after a sixteen-year break. Justinus died in Bad Nauheim, where he was looking for a cure for a heart condition.

Works

  • Trichina song for eating the beetle on December 19, 1862. Barth, Breslau 1863. ( digital copy )
  • A quiet family. (or: A quiet garden apartment). Varies in 4 acts. Kühling, Berlin 1879.
  • A photography album. Snapshots from society. Steinitz & Fischer, Berlin 1885.
  • The matchmaker. Comedy. Decision, Berlin 1886.
  • Kyritz-Pyritz. Farce with singing in three acts. (With Heinrich Wilken) Reclam, Leipzig 1886. ( digitized version )
  • Greek fire. Comedy in three acts. Using an About novella. Reclam, Leipzig 1888. ( digitized version )
  • The matchmaker. Comedy in one act. Reclam, Leipzig 1887.
  • Cupid on the move. Funny stories. Steinitz, Berlin 1888.
  • The love test. Dramatic joke in one act; based on an idea by Lion Claustus. Reclam, Leipzig 1888.
  • Social duties. Comedy in four acts. (With Heinrich Wilken) Reclam, Leipzig 1889.
  • In the nursery. Comedy in one act. Leipzig, Reclam 1889.
  • Locked out. Solo play for lecture and performance in family circles. Bloch, Berlin 1890.
  • In the city of ten million. Berlin novel from the end of the twentieth century. Pierson, Dresden 1892.
  • Italian salad. All sorts of cheerful things from the land of lemons. Wilhelmi, Berlin 1892.
  • Domestic picture sheet. Schottlaender, Breslau 1894.
  • A proletarian child. Humorous novel from life in Berlin in two volumes. Schottlaender, Breslau 1894.

literature

  • Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century. . . 6th ed. Volume 1, pp. 431-432.

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personal data
SURNAME Justinus, Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Justinus Cohn, Oskar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1893
Place of death Bad Nauheim