Wilhelm Spohr
Wilhelm Spohr (born February 3, 1868 in Hamburg , † June 9, 1959 in Schöneiche near Berlin ) was a German writer , editor and translator of the Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker (better known as Multatuli ).
Spohr is assigned to the Friedrichshagener poet circle . He was editor of Gustav Landauer's anarchist newspaper Der Sozialist . When he was sentenced to one year in prison for “inciting class hatred”, he learned the Dutch language there. He was buried in the Schöneich forest cemetery, his grave no longer exists today.
Works
- Glory of old age: A happy manifesto (Berlin (-Steglitz), W. Hoffmann, 1940; 2nd edition ibid, 1954), with portraits by Friedrich Dreyer-Tamura
- Goethe, his life and work (Berlin: Safari-Verlag, 1949)
- O you days of Friedrichshagen! Memories from the Age of Development of German Literary Realism (Berlin: “Lied der Zeit”, 1949), the 3rd edition was published under the title Happy memories of a “Friedrichshagner”: From the Age of German Literary Realism (Berlin: Das Neue Berlin, 1951 ), a 4th edition appeared in 1999 (Berlin-Friedrichshagen: Antiquariat Brandel)
- Berlin anecdotes: A foray into Berlin's past in the light of the anecdote ( Berlinische Miniatures Volume 13, Berlin: Das Neue Berlin , 1952)
bibliography
- Albert Burkhardt: Wilhelm Spohr, works , typescript v. 1987 ( Memento of October 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), online on the Friedrichshagener Dichterkreis website
- Jürgen Scharnhorst: Wilhelm Spohr works, manuscript v. 1962 ( Memento of October 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), online on the Friedrichshagener Dichterkreis website
literature
- Grave, Jaap: "Damn whoever this is not sacred". The correspondence of Wilhelm Spohr with Mimi Douwes Dekker and the JCC Bruns' Verlag , selection, commentary and afterword Jaap Grave (edition friedrichshagen 6), Berlin 2003, 220 p.
- Walter Fähnders: The Multatuli translator Wilhelm Spohr and the Friedrichshagener . In: 150 Years Max Havelaar / 150 Years Max Havelaar. Multatuli's Novel in New Perspectives / Multatuli's Novel from New Perspectives. Eds / ed .: Grave, Jaap / Praamstra, Olf / Vandevoorde, Hans. Frankfurt / M. 2012, pp. 161-174.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Spohr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and information on the work of Wilhelm Spohr at Literaturport
- Spohr & Münchhausen
- Spohr & Fidus
- Wilhelm Spohr Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spohr, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, editor and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1959 |
| Place of death | Schöneiche near Berlin |