Wendelin Überzwerch
Wendelin Überzwerch (actually Karl Wilhelm Fuß ; born November 25, 1893 in Memmingen ; † March 5, 1962 in Wilhelmsdorf , Upper Swabia) was a German writer who also wrote in Swabian dialect .
Life
Karl Wilhelm Fuß, the son of a Swabian book printer, spent his youth in Memmingen and Heilbronn.
His studies in German and history at the University of Tübingen were interrupted by the First World War and long-term imprisonment in Siberia . In 1921 he received his doctorate with the dissertation research on Alexander Pushkin as a politician and historian . He then worked as a librarian in the Krupp book hall in Essen and as head of the Krupp company’s cultural department .
From around 1923 he published under the pseudonym Wendelin Überzwerch shaking rhymes and humorous things, often in Swabian. The last name of his pseudonym corresponds to the Swabian term überzwerch , which, in addition to its basic meaning "across", "across", can also stand for "twisted", "wrong" or "not right in the head" in the sense of a human character trait and based on his preference for Indicates shuddering rhymes.
After the Second World War and five years as a prisoner of war in Siberia, he moved to Wilhelmsdorf in Upper Swabia and worked as a freelance writer .
Wendelin Überzwerch was married to Alwine Fuß, geb. Glaziers. He died of a heart attack on March 5, 1962.
Works (selection)
- Shaken out of your sleeve! Almost 1001 rhymes (1935)
- Rhyme, rhyme, shake up! 1001 rhymes again (1936)
- The four stars (1950)
- Uff guat Swabian (1951)
Web links
- Literature by and about Wendelin Überzwerch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Überzwerch, Wendelin in Munzinger Online / Personen - Internationales Biographisches Archiv, URL: http://www.munzinger.de/document/00000006048 (accessed on May 23, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/ueberzwerch_quer_verkehrt , DUDEN entry on "überzwerch" (accessed on May 23, 2014)
- ↑ Südkurier February 29, 2012. Herbert Guth: Wilhelmsdorf Wendelin Überzwerch died 50 years ago (accessed on May 23, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Überzwerch, Wendelin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fuß, Karl Wilhelm (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Memmingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1962 |
| Place of death | Wilhelmsdorf (Württemberg) |