Ernst von Wildenbruch

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Ernst von Wildenbruch (February 3, 1845, Beirut – January 15, 1909, Berlin) was a German poet and dramatist.

Biography

Wildenbruch was born at Beirut in Lebanon, the son of the Prussian consul-general, Ludwig von Wildenbruch. Having passed his early years at Athens and Constantinople, where his father was attached to the Prussian legation, he came in 1857 to the Kingdom of Prussia, received his early schooling at the Padagogium at Halle and the Französische Gymnasium in Berlin, and, after passing through the cadet school, became, in 1863, an officer in the Prussian Army. ^[1]

Two years later Wildenbruch abandoned his military career, but was recalled to the colors in 1866 for the Austro-Prussian War. He next studied law at the University of Berlin, and again served in the army during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). ^[1]

In 1876 Wildenbruch was attached to the foreign office, which he finally quit in 1900 with the title of counsellor of legation. He achieved his first literary successes with the epics Vionville (1874) and Sedan (1875). After publishing a volume of poems, Lieder und Balladen (1877), he produced, in 1882, the tragedy Die Karolinger. ^[1]

Wildenbruch married Maria Karoline von Weber, daughter of the engineer Max Maria von Weber and niece to Carl Maria von Weber, in 1885. The couple had no children.

Among Wildenbruch's chief dramas may be mentioned the tragedy Harold (1882); Die Quitzows (1888); Der Generalfeldoberst (1889); Die Haubenlerche (1891); Heinrich und Heinrichs Geschlecht (1895); Die Tochter des Erasmus (1900); and König Laurin (1902). He also wrote several volumes of short stories (Novellen, 1883; Neue Novellen, 1885; Tiefe Wasser, 1897, and others).^[1]

Wildenbruch was twice (in 1884 and 1896) awarded the Schiller Prize, and was, in 1892, created a doctor of philosophy honoris causa by the university of Jena. ^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chisholm 1911.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wildenbruch, Ernst von". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 27191320 LCCN: n82018358 ISNI: 0000 0001 0882 1303 GND: 118771760 BNF: cb12729797c

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Name	Wildenbruch, Ernst von
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Short description	German poet
Date of birth	February 3, 1845
Place of birth
Date of death	January 15, 1909
Place of death

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