Victor Laverrenz

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Victor Laverrenz

Victor Laverrenz (born September 16, 1862 in Berlin ; † December 18, 1910 there ) was a German bookseller , publisher and writer .

He was best known for his military humor , but also publications about the Imperial Navy and German shipping . From 1907 to 1910 he was editor of the war novel series Hurray! Pranks from war and peace .

Origin and education

Laverrenz was born as the son of the chamber musician Karl Laverrenz (1832-1904) and his wife Sophie, b. Oertling (1834-?), Born. After attending high school , he trained as a bookseller; Then he traveled through Central Europe. In 1883/84 he did his military service as a one-year volunteer in the 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment in Berlin.

Publishing and writing activity

During his military service Laverrenz was inspired to write military humor, which he published from 1886. Until 1895 he was a full-time publisher. His income from his writing activities eventually allowed him to work as a freelance writer. The focus of his publications was on depictions of the Imperial Navy and seafaring. Obviously out of this interest he was also a member of the German-Asian Society .

From 1907 he worked for the Münchmeyer Verlag in Dresden , which at the time also published the works of Karl May , as the editor of the widespread war novel series Hurray! Soldiers' pranks from war and peace , which is considered the first German series of war novels and has been imitated by numerous people. Although this series fell under the term trash, Laverrenz founded the magazine Jugendpost in 1908 , in which he opposed precisely this form of literature.

Works (selection)

  • The German Army in Individual Representations , 5 vols., Berlin 1887/88.
  • European migrations , Berlin 1887.
  • The monuments of Berlin and the people's joke. Humorous-satirical considerations , Berlin 1892.
  • Uhlan pranks. War and peace experiences from the life of a Uhlan , Berlin 1894.
  • Before the wind! Marine humoresques , Berlin 1896.
  • Berlin originals. Types from the Berlin folk life , Berlin 1899.
  • On the "Hohenzollern". Marine humoresques from the life of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Told from real events , Berlin 1901.
  • With our China warriors. Funny campaign experiences in East Asia , Berlin 1901.
  • Boer pranks. Cheerful pictures from South Africa , Berlin 1901.
  • Germany at sea , Berlin 1900.
  • Under the German war flag , Berlin 1900.
  • Under the German trade flag , Berlin 1902.
  • Seaman's humor , Berlin 1901.
  • The Afghan spy (Dschassus-i-Afghani). Cultural-historical narrative from Central Asia , Erfurt 1906.
  • Germany's navy , Erfurt 1906, reprint Wolfenbüttel (Melchior Verlag 2007).

literature

  • Fritz Abshoff (ed.): Forming spirits. Our most important poets and writers of the present and the past in characteristic autobiographies as well as collected biographies and pictures , Berlin (Peter J. Oestergaard) 1905.
  • Heinz J. Galle: Folk books and booklet novels , Volume 2: From the Empire to the "Third Reich" - 40 years of popular reading material , Lüneburg 2006. ISBN 3-8334-4314-6

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personal data
SURNAME Laverrenz, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bookseller, publisher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1910
Place of death Berlin