Theophil Zolling
Theophil Zolling (born December 30, 1849 in Scafati near Naples , † March 23, 1901 in Berlin ) was a German journalist, editor, literary critic and novelist .
Life
Zolling studied philosophy and history in Heidelberg, Berlin and Vienna. In 1875 he received his doctorate . As a correspondent for the Neue Freie Presse newspaper , he lived in Paris for a long time .
From 1881 to 1901 he was the owner (since 1886), editor-in-chief and publisher of the magazine Die Gegenwart , the most important art, literary and everyday weekly newspaper in Berlin at the time. He was in correspondence with important authors of his time, such as the Swiss poet Conrad Ferdinand Meyer and the German writer Theodor Fontane . The Berlin writer Sigismund Rahmer became his estate administrator.
Theophil Zolling died in Berlin in 1901 at the age of 51 and was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery in Schöneberg . In the course of the leveling of the cemetery carried out by the National Socialists in 1938/1939, Zolling's remains were reburied in a collective grave in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf near Berlin.
Works (selection)
- Neue Liebe , play in three acts (with Alphonse Daudet ), 1880.
- Journey around the Parisian world , sketches from Paris at the time, 1881.
- Heinrich von Kleist - Complete Works , 1885 (editor).
- The Gossip , 1889, novel.
- Mrs. Minne , 1889, novel.
- Coulissengeister , 1891, novel.
- The Million , 1893, novel.
- Bismarck's followers , 1895, novel.
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Web links
- Works by Theophil Zolling in the Gutenberg-DE project
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. pp. 311, 481.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zolling, Theophil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, editor, literary critic and novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scafati , Naples , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1901 |
| Place of death | Berlin |