Paul Quensel
Paul Quensel , pseudonym Alexander Wieden , (born May 9, 1865 in Weida ; † December 8, 1951 in Weimar ) was a German high school teacher and professor at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School Weimar and a local poet .
Life
Quensel came from the family of the middle school teacher and cantor Hermann Quensel in Weida. From 1879 he attended the Weimar teachers' seminar and in 1885 became a teacher at the commercial advanced training school in Blankenhain . Five years later he became a German and drawing teacher at the Weimar teachers' seminar. At the age of 54, Quensel was appointed professor of drawing, art and literature in Weimar. In 1924 he was retired.
Paul Quensel became famous as a local poet. He wrote poems, dramas, novels and short stories, youth and folk plays. He left 130 works in the form of plays, collections of sagas , novels, etc., most of which dealt with his closer homeland.
The Paul-Quensel-Weg was named after him in his hometown Weida .
Fonts (selection)
- Age. A Small Town Comedy (1903)
- The mosquito hunter. Master Zinserling. The Last (3 novellas, 1912),
- Page pranks (Schwank, 1920),
- The shamrock (comedy, 1921),
- Thuringian Legends (1922),
- The Study Trip (Comedy, 1927),
- Thuringian legend book (1930),
- On the day of Margaretae (novel, 1935),
- Goodbye, see you throughout the year! (1939)
literature
- Leander Petzoldt: Introduction . In: Paul Quensel (Ed.): Thüringer Sagen . Weltbild-Verlag, Augsburg, 1998. ISBN 3-86047-203-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Quensel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Brief portrait on the website of the city of Weida
- Paul Quensel in the author's lexicon of the Thuringian Literature Council
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quensel, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wieden, Alexander (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German high school teacher and local poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weida |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1951 |
| Place of death | Weimar |