Paul Langenscheidt

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Paul Langenscheidt ( pseudonym : Erwin Rex , born November 25, 1860 in Berlin ; † September 30, 1925 there ) was a German publisher and writer .

Life

Paul Langenscheidt was a son of the publisher Gustav Langenscheidt . Paul Langenscheidt completed his education at the Royal Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin and at high schools in Neuwied and Münster in Westphalia . Then studied it modern languages at the universities in Berlin , Münster and London . From 1881 to 1882 he did his military service as a one-year volunteer ; later he rose as a reserve officer to Rittmeister . In 1884 he received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Tübingen . In the same year he became an employee of his father's publishing house . In 1888 he founded his own publishing house, Dr. Paul Langenscheidt, whose program included commercial and criminal specialist literature, but also fiction .

In addition to his publishing activities, Paul Langenscheidt wrote literary texts. His work includes novels , short stories and plays . He also translated from French and from 1908 worked as the editor of the Encyclopedia of Modern Criminology . Langenscheidt achieved significant sales successes with some of his narrative works: The novel poor little Eva , published in 1907, had a circulation of 100,000 copies by 1922 , of the novel Ich hab 'dich lieb , published in 1909, over 80,000 copies were made by 1930, and of Du bist mein (1911 ) sold over 70,000 copies by 1928.

Paul Langenscheidt was a member of the Guilelmia country team .

Works

  • Outline of the history of ancient literature , Berlin-Schöneberg 1885 (under the name Erwin Rex)
  • The youth dramas of Pierre Corneille , Berlin 1885
  • Commercial Miniature Lexicon , Berlin 1890
  • Foreign dictionary , Berlin 1891 (under the name Erwin Rex)
  • Chic and elegant , Berlin 1892 (under the name Erwin Rex)
  • Who do I bring the first glass to? , Berlin 1892 (under the name Erwin Rex)
  • Commercial lessons , Berlin (together with Johann Friedrich Schär )
    • 1. Bookkeeping in trade in goods, factories and banking , 1894
    • 2. Kontorpraxis , 1897
  • Abwärts , Berlin 1895 (under the name Erwin Rex)
  • Fermentation , Berlin 1895
  • A mother , Berlin 1895 (under the name Erwin Rex)
  • The fifth squadron , Berlin 1896
  • Against the current , Berlin 1896
  • Duchess Agnes , Berlin 1898
  • Songs of happiness , Berlin 1898
  • Orlow , Berlin 1899
  • Nothing! , Berlin 1904
  • Poor little Eva! , Berlin 1907
  • A stupid story , Groß-Lichterfelde 1908
  • Count Cohn , Groß-Lichterfelde 1909
  • I love you! , Berlin-Gr.-Lichterfelde 1909
  • You are mine , Berlin 1911, online
  • Blondes Gift , Berlin 1912, filmed under the same title, see Blondes Gift
  • Mother help me! , Berlin 1913
  • The Prussian Tsar , Berlin 1914
  • Taumel , Berlin 1914
  • Soldier hearts , Berlin 1915
  • Beate , Berlin 1919
  • Diplomacy of marriage , Berlin 1919
  • The jump into the dark , Berlin 1920
  • Kanaillen , Berlin 1921
  • Today is today , Berlin 1922
  • Fools of Love , Berlin 1923
  • Princess Thea , Berlin 1924
  • The Bräutereigen , Berlin 1925
  • His girlfriend , Berlin 1926
  • Art of living , Berlin 1927

Editing

  • What they dream of , Berlin 1912 (published under the name Erwin Rex)
  • Paul Lacroix : History of Prostitution , Berlin 1925

Translations

literature

  • Richard Wrede and Hans von Reinfels (eds.): The spiritual Berlin . Storm, Berlin 1897, p. 278.
  • Wilhelm Kosch : German Literature Lexicon . 2nd edition, Volume 2, Bern 1953, p. 278.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Mechow: Renowned CCER . Historia Academica, Volume 8/9, pp. 143 f.
personal data
SURNAME Langenscheidt, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rex, Erwin (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1925
Place of death Berlin