Paul Keller (writer)

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Paul Keller

Paul Keller (born July 6, 1873 in Arnsdorf , Schweidnitz district , † August 20, 1932 in Breslau ) was a German writer and publicist.

Life

Grave in Wroclaw
Grave cross in the 1930s

Keller was born the son of a bricklayer and cutlery dealer in Arnsdorf, Schweidnitz district in Silesia in 1873. Between 1887 and 1890 he attended the preparatory institute in Bad Landeck and then from 1890 to 1893 the teachers' college in Breslau. After working as a teacher in Jauer for eight months , in 1894 he switched to the preparation institute in Schweidnitz as an assistant teacher . Between 1896 and 1908 he was a primary school teacher in Breslau.

Keller founded the magazine “Die Bergstadt” (1912–1931) and wrote Silesian homeland novels as well as The Last Fairy Tale , a story in which a journalist is invited to an underground fairy-tale realm to build a newspaper and gets caught up in intrigues within the royal family . The names like King Heredidasufoturu LXXV., Stimpekrex, Doktor Nein (the leader of the opposition) probably inspired Michael Ende to write his novel The Neverending Story .

Together with Paul Barsch , Keller made numerous trips through Europe and North Africa between 1903 and 1927 . In addition, numerous reading and lecture tours have taken him through Germany, Austria , Switzerland and Czechoslovakia .

In 1910 he was a member of the jury of a competition by the Cologne chocolate producer Ludwig Stollwerck for collecting pictures from the Stollwerck scrapbook No. 12 "Humor in pictures and words".

Paul Keller died on August 20, 1932 in Breslau and was buried in the Laurentiusfriedhof there.

power

Keller was one of the most widely read authors in the first half of the 20th century, which is reflected in the total circulation of his books at 5 million in 1931, and has been translated into 17 languages. Writers like Wilhelm Raabe or Peter Rosegger held the author in high regard. The earlier works such as Waldwinter or Der Sohn der Hagar are particularly characterized by artistic power and mastery, while a certain flattening can be observed in the later narrative works, which was also noticeable through repetitions and a lack of originality (which, however, did not make its audience successful diminished).

Paul Keller can be described as a native Silesian writer. His novels, which were written during the period of late naturalism, describe unadorned human weakness and difficult destinies. In keeping with Keller's Christian worldview, the author always shows positive perspectives and examples of meaningful life. The language and design of Keller's works is extremely cozy and aims at the reader's feeling.

Works

  • Gold and myrrh , Paderborn
    • 1 (1898)
    • NF - 1900
  • Forest winter , Munich 1902
  • In your chamber , Paderborn 1903
  • The last fairy tale , Breslau [u. a.] 1905
  • The Niklass ship , Paderborn 1907
  • The son of Hagar , Munich 1907, online , librivox
  • The old crown , Munich 1909
  • The five forest cities , Berlin [u. a.] 1910
  • Paul Keller , Hirschberg 1910
  • Selected stories , Paderborn 1912
  • The home , Berlin [u. a.] 1912
  • Quiet streets , Berlin 1912
  • The island of the lonely , Berlin [u. a.] 1913
  • Paul Keller Words , Paderborn 1913
  • Gedeon , Donauwörth 1914
  • Vacation from me , Breslau [u. a.] 1915
  • Grünlein , Breslau [u. a.] 1915
  • Hubertus , Breslau [u. a.] 1916
  • The Royal Seminar Theater and other stories , Leipzig [a. a.] 1916
  • From home , Leipzig [u. a.] 1917
  • In strange mirrors , Breslau [u. a.] 1920
  • Altenroda , Breslau [a. a.] 1921
  • New Durfmusikke book , Breslau 1922 (together with Hermann Breiter and Hermann Kittelmann)
  • Works , Wroclaw
    • 1.1. Forest winter , 1922
    • 1.2. The son of Hagar , 1922
    • 1.3. The last fairy tale , 1922
    • 1.4. Hubertus , 1922
    • 1.5. Quiet streets , 1922
    • 2.1. Vacation from Me , 1923
    • 2.2. The island of the lonely , 1923
    • 2.3. In strange mirrors , 1923
    • 2.4. The royal seminary theater. Altenroda. Grünlein , 1923
    • 2.5. Gold and Myrrh , 1923
    • 3.1. Home , 1925
    • 3.2. The four hermits , 1925
    • 3.3. The old crown , 1925
    • 3.4. In your chamber , Das Niklasschiff, 1925
  • The four hermits , Breslau 1923
  • The three rings , Breslau 1924
  • Dreams in the mountains , Graz 1924 (together with Karl Moser)
  • Village boy , Breslau 1925
  • Marie Heinrich , Breslau 1926
  • Titus and Timothy and the donkey Balaam , Breslau 1927
  • "See you for!" , Breslau 1928
  • Three brothers seek happiness , Breslau 1929
  • Ulrichshof , Breslau 1929
  • The secret of the well , Wroclaw 1930
  • Sent in , Breslau 1931
  • Mihel, the avenger , Breslau 1931
  • Bergkrach , Breslau 1932
  • Buried property , Breslau 1932
  • Poems and Thoughts , Breslau 1933
  • His second life , Berlin [u. a.] 1934

Film adaptations

literature

  • Eva-Suzanne Bayer-Klötzer:  Keller, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 465 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Roland Böhm:  Keller, Paul. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 1319-1320.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Gustav W. Eberlein: Paul Keller. His life and his work. Bergstadt, Breslau u. a. 1922.
  • Kurt Dinter: On the death of Paul Keller . Die Mittelschule Volume 46, pp. 495–496, 1932
  • Johannes Eckardt: Paul Keller. A literary sketch. With a selection of press voices on Paul Keller's novels. General Verl.-Ges., Munich a. a. 1908.
  • Marx Möller: Paul Keller. A favorite and alien for the German reading public. Korn, Breslau 1916.
  • Lily Neumann: Paul Keller. Dissertation. Vienna 1908
  • Hermann Wentzig: Paul Keller. Life and work. Korn, Munich 1954.
  • Gerold Zenoni: bestselling author Paul Keller in Einsiedeln in 1921. "You are waiting for an exquisite pleasure!" In: SALVE - magazine of the Benedictine communities of Einsiedeln and Fahr. No. 2 2018.

Web links

Commons : Paul Keller  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Paul Keller  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detlef Lorenz: Advertising art around 1900. Artist lexicon for collecting pictures. Reimer-Verlag, 2000
personal data
SURNAME Keller, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Silesian publicist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnsdorf , Schweidnitz district
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1932
Place of death Wroclaw