Oskar Theodor Schweriner

Oskar Theodor Schweriner , also Oscar Theodor Schweriner , (born August 20, 1873 in Czarnikau , Poznan district , † May 10, 1934 in Paris ) was a German-American journalist and writer.

Life

The older brother of the journalist Artur Schweriner emigrated to the USA at the age of 14. There he initially worked as a photographer in New York . In 1894 he obtained American citizenship.

In the following years he worked as a journalist. He lived and worked alternately in England and Germany. In England he wrote for the Daily Mail, among others . He owned an apartment in London . In Germany, where he lived in Berlin , he worked for the Vossische Zeitung , the Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger and other newspapers.

From 1908 he wrote numerous colportage novels , which found a large readership.

His first marriage was to Helene Raphael. He married one more time. He had two children with his wife Lucie.

Works

• The stolen image. Berlin 1908
• Opium. Berlin 1910
• Job. A department store novel. Berlin 1912
• Back then. Berlin 1913
• The benefactor. Berlin 1913
• Cabin No. 11. Berlin 1916
• With sealed orders. Berlin 1917
• About inheritance. Berlin 1917
• Rococo. Berlin 1919
• The great canal. Berlin 1919
• At a high price. Berlin 1920
• The stowaway. Berlin 1920
• In the Berlin-Palermo-Express. Berlin 1920
• Police H. 24. Berlin 1929