Wilhelm today

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Bust of the writer in Schwelm

Wilhelm Today (born May 5, 1883 in Schwelm , district Möllenkotten , † October 19, 1935 in Schwelm) was a German writer and local poet . He also became known under the pseudonym Wilhelm van Dage , a translation of his name into the Low German dialect.

Life

Wilhelm Today was born on May 5, 1883 in the village of Möllenkotten in Westphalia , part of the Westphalian town of Schwelm . His father died two years later. Wilhelm could not attend a grammar school today, instead he completed an apprenticeship as a lathe operator. Between 1903 and 1905 he made his first attempts at poetry and prose during his military service in Marienwerder. After attending the commercial school in Wuppertal , he worked as an accountant at Schwelmer Eisenwerk . Around 1910 the family moved into the nearby Martfeld house and Wilhelm Heute became a partner in a factory founded by his brother, which he left in 1929 to take over his own foundry. While he was a soldier in the First World War between 1914 and 1918 , today met Augustin Wibbelt , with whom he has been a pen friend ever since. His work War Cliffs was created in 1918 and he founded Das Trio dunkle Augen in Schwelm , from which the theater and humorist association Fidelitas later developed. Furthermore, today was a member of the German National Party in the Schwelm city parliament and honorary member of the Johannisloge Zum Westfälischen Löwen . In the 1920s he wrote the three volumes of his work Käpp vam Müllenkoatten . Wilhelm Today died on October 19, 1935 in Schwelm.

The writer's estate was in the Martfeld House Museum in Schwelm, but was destroyed in 1945. In 1978 the Schwelm Beautification Association had a memorial bust erected for the writer near the house where he was born.

Works

  • War cliffs. Play in four acts. Leipzig: Xenien-Verlag, 1918.
  • Käpp vam Müllenkoatten, told his life, love and suffering story by himself. Vol. 1: Käpps Children's Days. Käpps school days. Schwelm: Joke, 1924.
  • Käpp vam Müllenkoatten, told his life, love and suffering story by himself. Vol. 2: Käpps youth. In the storm and stress. Schwelm: Joke, 1927.
  • Käpp vam Müllenkoatten, told his life, love and suffering story by himself. Vol. 3: Käpp in the military. Schwelm: Scherz, 1931.

Then there are the one-act sailors ' blood , Die Insurgenten and Das Sprützenhus vam Müöllenkoatten , which are lost today .

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ A b Wilhelm Today in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors , accessed on October 15, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Today, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES van Dage, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwelm
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1935
Place of death Schwelm