Peter Scher

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Peter Scher (born September 30, 1880 in Großkamsdorf ; † September 23, 1953 in Wasserburg am Inn ; actually Fritz Hermann Schweynert ) was a German writer and journalist . Peter Scher also used Emanuel , Trim , Eff Ess , Leon Holly and Pierre Blagnere as pseudonyms .

Peter Scher has published numerous books and worked as an editor and translator . He wrote for newspapers and magazines ( Der Sturm , Die Weltbühne , Die Aktion , Der Brenner , Die Ente , Berliner Tageblatt , Vossische Zeitung or the Frankfurter Zeitung ) and was editor-in-chief of the satirical newspaper Simplicissimus from 1914 to 1916 and from 1919 to 1930 . After 1933 Scher lived with his wife Helene, b. Schneidt (1888–1958), retired as a freelance writer in Wasserburg am Inn . His literary work mainly includes poetry and prose. In his estate there is an extensive correspondence with Liesl Karlstadt and Joachim Ringelnatz .

In Wasserburg a Peter-Scher-Weg commemorates the author.

Works

  • (Leon Holly :) Storm and silence. (Erfurt: Brodmann 1904)
  • (Leon Holly :) The clink of chains. Poems and stories from prison. (Berlin: Verlag der Tribüne 1908)
  • (Emanuel :) Prophecies of doom from the pool of culture. Poems. Berlin: Verlag der Tribüne 1910
  • Holzbock in the summer and other current poetry. (Berlin-Wilmersdorf: AR Meyer [1913])
  • The heart of the Else Lasker students . In: The storm. Vol. 3, No. 148/149 of February 1913. pp. 273f.
  • The escape from Berlin. Sketches. Munich: Langen 1914 = Langen's Mark Books. Volume 6.
  • Fight and laugh. Constance: Reuss & Itta 1915 = The Zeitschriften. Volume 7.
  • The peace sanatorium. Constance: Reuss & Itta 1916 = The Zeitschriften. Volume 39.
  • (Gustave Doré) Holy Russia. Translated into German and edited by Peter Scher. Munich, A. Langen, (1917).
  • The brotherhood of the holy paunch. Idylls for contemporary history. Dachau: Einhorn-Verlag 1919 = Colorful unicorn books. Volume 9.
  • (As editor :) Gottfried Keller : All stories, novellas and legends. (Munich: Rösl 1921)
  • (Together with Th.Th. Heine :) Karl and Zita's journey through the air or battle, betrayal and downfall of the last Habsburg. (Munich: Simplicissimus-Verlag [1921])
  • (Preface in :) Otto Julius Bierbaum : Letters to Gemma. (Munich: Georg Müller 1921)
  • (As editor :) Otto Julius Bierbaum: Prince Cuckoo. Life, deeds, opinions and descent into hell of a voluptuary, in a time novel. ' Cheap edition in one volume. (Munich: Georg Müller 1922)
  • Panopticon. (Dachau: Einhorn-Verlag [1922])
  • Anecdote book. With drawings by Th.Th. Heine. (Berlin: Wegweiser-Verlag 1925)
  • (Contribution) [ poems. ] Schröder calendar for book lovers 1925. With etchings by Fritz Heubner . Munich-Tegernsee, formerly GJ Manz A.-G. 1923
  • (Together with Hermann Sinsheimer :) The Book of Munich. With illustrations by Arnold , Engl, Frischmann, Gulbransson , Neu, Rothballer, Schondorff, Unold. (Munich: Piper [1928] = What is not in the Baedeker . Volume III)
  • Vacation in the south. About sun, wine and cheerful people. Drawings by Helmuth von Ceyer. Munich: Einhorn-Verlag [1937]
  • God gives the nuts. A novel of friendship and love. Stuttgart: Alemannen-Verlag 1938
  • For big kids. With drawings by Rudolf Englberger . (Stuttgart: Alemannen-Verlag [1938])
  • Wilhelm Busch . (Stuttgart: Cotta 1938 = The Poets of the Germans. Episode 2)
  • The cheerful side. Private printing. Leipzig: Gerhard Schulze 1939.
  • Merry contemplation. Of cheerful and contemplative things. Stuttgart, Alemannen-Verlag [1940]
  • The Ascension Potion. About all kinds of jokes and fun, about strange animals from God's garden and about the higher art of laughing. Berlin: Siegismund 1940
  • Funny owls. With 20 drawings by Bele Bachem . Berlin: Siegismund 1940 = German soldiers library. Volume 12.
  • Just this. With 30 drawings by Alfred Kubin . (Berlin: Siegismund [1940]
  • Past everyday life. Mühlacker: Handel [1940]
  • Friends all around. Mühlacker, Handel, [1941]
  • The leap for joy. Stuttgart: Alemannen Verlag [1942]
  • (Reprint :) Just that. Poems. With 27 pen drawings by Alfred Kubin. Lorch: Citizen 1947)

literature

  • Joachim Ringelnatz: To Peter Scher (poem in Joachim Ringelnatz, The Complete Works in Seven Volumes , edited by vWPape, Volume 1, Berlin: Henssel 1984, p. 140)
  • Michael Pilz: "My dear Peter Scher, listen here ...". Memory of the poet and Simplicissimus editor Fritz Schweynert, alias Peter Scher, who was born 125 years ago . (Press week, Wasserburg, 68, 2009, p. XI)
  • Michael Pilz: "If I were sitting in Munich instead of in artillery fire, I would write more like you". A letter from Peter Scher to Franz Pfemfert about the poet Alfred Lichtenstein. [Edition and commentary]. In: Heimat am Inn, 28/29/2008/2009 (2010), pp. 143–186

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personal data
SURNAME Scher, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schweynert, Fritz Hermann (real name); Emanuel (pseudonym); Trim (pseudonym); Eff Ess (pseudonym); Holly, Leon (pen name); Blagnere, Pierre (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Großkamsdorf
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1953
Place of death Wasserburg am Inn