Thomas Ostwald

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Thomas Ostwald (2018)
Ostwald (right) as a Brunswick hunter

Thomas Ostwald (born January 26, 1949 in Braunschweig ) is a German literary scholar , author and publisher . Ostwald also publishes under the pseudonym Tomos Forrest .

Life

With his work Friedrich Gerstäcker - Leben und Werk , published in 1976, he founded the newer Gerstäcker research. He has been the chairman of the Friedrich-Gerstäcker-Gesellschaft eV since it was founded and runs the Gerstäcker Museum in Braunschweig, where he was born and lived .

In addition, Ostwald has been heavily involved in classic adventure and travel novels over the past 30 years , has published its own magazine on the subject and founded the magazine for American Studies ( Wyk auf Föhr ) , which still exists today . Further biographies followed about Charles Sealsfield ( pseudonym of Karl Postl), Karl May and Jules Verne . Together with Wolfgang Bittner , he edited a six-volume Gerstäcker edition, published from 1987 to 1990 by Union Verlag Stuttgart and, at the same time, by Verlag Neues Leben and the Gutenberg Book Guild.

Another area of ​​Ostwald's work is American pioneering history, taking into account the Germans in America . To this end, in 1992 he published the novel about the Braunschweiger soldiers on our Carls order , which describes the fate of the subsidiary regiments during the American War of Independence , the diary of Baroness Riedesel and numerous reports in various publications.

As Tomos Forrest , Ostwald writes historical novels, a. a. the Sir Morgan, the Lion Knight series ; Bolthar the Viking Prince ; as well as pastiches of the Karl May novels with the May'schen heroes a. a.

From 2014 to 2019 Thomas Ostwald performed the stage version of the " Heinrich-der-Löwe- Legend", which he wrote, in Braunschweig with 50 amateur actors. The indoor version was followed in May by the outdoor version in the Magniviertel in Braunschweig, at which, at the end of each Whit Monday, the Heinrich the Lion Festival, people dressed in the Middle Ages as Heinrich, court and citizens marched through the city center.

Works (selection)

  • Karl May, life and work. Graff, Braunschweig 1974, ISBN 3-87273-017-7 .
  • Jules Verne, life and work. Graff, Braunschweig 1978, ISBN 3-87273-025-8 .
  • Magazine for adventure, travel and entertainment literature. (Multi-part work). Graff, Braunschweig 1978, DNB 780282574
  • Sherlock Holmes. with John Watson (multi-part work). Kibu, Menden / Sauerland 1983–1985, DNB 550821147 .
  • Friedrich Gerstäcker, Life and Work. Gerstäcker Society, Braunschweig 2007, ISBN 3-925320-09-1 .
  • Welf Emperor Otto IV. Ed. Corsar, Braunschweig 2009, ISBN 3-925320-12-1 .
  • My blood brother - murder hunt in the Apache country. Der Romankiosk, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-7502-5973-7 .
  • My Orient Diary - The Assyrian Lion. Der Romankiosk, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-7529-4888-2 .
  • Regional crime thrillers: Assassination attempt on the light course. Der Romankiosk, Munich, ISBN 978-3-7529-5500-2

further activities

Since 2008, Ostwald offers in Richmond Palace and in the Dankwarderode in Braunschweig on adventure tours.

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personal data
SURNAME Ostwald, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig