Otto Girndt (writer)

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Otto Girndt
Signature of Otto Girndt

Otto Girndt (born February 6, 1835 in Landsberg / Warthe , † July 4, 1911 in Sterzing in Tyrol ) was a German writer and librettist .

Life

Growing up in Lübben , Girndt passed his Abitur in Luckau in 1852 . In the same year he began studying law at the University of Berlin . There he was a member of the Normannia Landsmannschaft since 1852 . He later switched to studying philosophy and history , which he continued at the University of Heidelberg . After his doctorate as Dr. phil. Girndt initially worked as an editor for various magazines. He then became a writer and librettist in Berlin and Magdeburg. At the turn of the century he moved to Rome, only to return to Berlin later.

Works

Girndt began his writing activity in 1856 with the historical tragedy Nero . However, he achieved his breakthrough with the comedy Y 1 , which was performed in the Berlin court theater in 1865. In addition to comedies and humor, he also wrote dramas, tragedy, novellas and historical plays. In 1877 he won the Laube Prize in Vienna with the historical comedy Orientalische Wirren and in 1891 he was awarded by the Royal Court Theater Director in Munich for the tragedy Danckelmann . Girndt also wrote together with other writers such as Eduard Jacobson , Oscar Blumenthal and Gustav von Moser . Some of his works were later arranged and performed for the stage. Girndt was also a friend of Otto Ruppius .

literature

  • Otto Girndt. In: Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon. 14th edition, 8th volume, FA Brockhaus in Leipzig, Berlin and Vienna, 1894-1896, pp. 20-21.
  • Otto Girndt. In: Meyers Konversationslexikon. 4th edition, 7th volume, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig and Vienna 1885–1892, p. 363.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 250-251.

Web links

Wikisource: Otto Girndt  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Goldschmidt: On the history of the Landsmannschaft Normannia in Berlin 1842-1902. Berlin 1902.
personal data
SURNAME Girndt, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Landsberg / Warthe
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1911
Place of death Sterzing