Theodor Ferdinand Bock

Theodor Ferdinand Bock (born December 27, 1859 in Prague ; died April 14, 1937 in Vienna ) was a German writer and journalist. His literary work appeared under the pseudonym Ferdinand Stieber until 1910 .

Life

After completing his studies, Bock first worked as a bookseller, but then turned to the stage, where he became friends with the actor Friedrich Mitterwurzer . Eventually he went into the civil service, became a postal worker and from 1879 also worked as a writer. Through the mediation of Paul von Schönthan , he became a journalist and for a decade edited the Austrian family correspondence that he had founded . From 1910 he worked as a dramaturge and editor for the Albert Ahn publishing house , first in Bonn and then in Berlin.

Since 1902 he was married to the journalist and writer Ida Bock .

Works

• Resurrection to death (novella) 1900
• The Superman (Posse) 1901
• Nimbus (novel) 1903
• Waworina (novella) 1904
• Pray for me! (Drama) 1905
• The Stranger (Comedy) 1906
• A couple from the great crowd (novella) 1907
• The Eternal Insane (novella) 1909
• The Eagle House (novel) 1910
• The new system (comedy) 1911
• Uncle Stojan (novel) 1926
• The washerwoman at Gleit Castle (novel) 1930
• Eternal Woman (novel) 1931

literature

• Stieber, Ferdinand . In: Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Vol. 7th 6th edition Leipzig 1913, p. 72, online .
• Bock, Ferdinand Theodor . In: German Literature Lexicon . Vol. 1: Aal-Bremeneck. Francke, Bern 1968, column 629.

Web links

• Literature by and about Theodor Ferdinand Bock in the catalog of the German National Library