Georg Engel

Georg Julius Leopold Engel (born 22 October 1866 in Greifswald; died 19 October 1931 in Berlin^[1]), also known as Johannes Jörgensen,^[2] was a German writer, dramatist and literary critic. His novels appeared in large print runs.

Life

Engel spent his youth in Breslau. After studying philosophy and history in Berlin from 1887 to 1890, he worked as an art and theatre critic for the Berliner Tageblatt newspaper and from 1891 he was active as a writer in Berlin.^[1]

In his novel Hann Klüth, der Philosoph (1905) and in his collection of novellas Die Leute von Moorluke (1910), set in Greifswald and surrounds, he portrayed lively and life-affirming north German characters. He wrote many dramas, but they are no longer performed. Engel was the President of the Imperial Union of German Literatur (Reichsverband des deutschen Schrifttums). This organisation provided social security for independent authors. He acquired recognition and awards of merit for this.

During the National Socialist period, his work was considered undesirable as Engel was non-Aryan by the state's definition. The commemorative plaque was removed from the house in Greifswald where he was born, his gravestone in Elisenhain (a forest in Greifswald) was knocked over. Some of Engel's books were banned, removed from libraries and burnt.^[3] His grave was fixed after 1945.

Works

Fiction

Source:^[2]

"Ahnen und Enkel", 1892
"Das Nächsten Weib", 1893
"Blind und andere Novellen", 1894
Zauberin Circe, 1894
Die Last, 1898
Die Furcht vor dem Weibe, 1899
Hann Klüth, der Philosoph, 1905 (translated into English as "The Philosopher and the Foundling" (1932))
Der verbotene Rausch, 1909
Der Reiter auf dem Regenbogen, 1909
Die Leute von Moorluke, 1910
Die verirrte Magd, 1911
Die vier Könige, 1913
Der Fahnenträger, 1914
Die Herrin und ihr Knecht, 1917
Kathrin, 1918
Claus Störtebeker, 1920
Die Prinzessin und der Heilige, 1922
Die Mauer, 1923
Erlebtes und Erträumtes, 1923
Die Mauer, 1923
Die Liebe durch die Luft, 1925
Uhlenspiegel, 1927
Des Äthers und der Liebe Wellen, 1929
Das Gericht, 1931

Drama

Source:^[2]

Der Hexenkessel, 1894
Hadasa, 1895
Sturmglocken, 1899
Der Ausflug in's Sittliche, 1900
Über den Wassern, 1902
Jim Hafen, 1906
Die Hochzeit von Poël, 1906
Das lachende Mirakel, 1906
Die heitere Residenz, 1913
Die Unsichtbaren, 1920
Die Diplomaten, 1925

Films based on his works

The Fear of Women (1921) based on Die Furcht vor dem Weibe
The Mistress and her Servant (1929) based on Die Herrin und ihr Knecht

Bibliography

Lutz Mohr: Greifswald-Eldena und das Kloster Hilda. Ein Streifzug und Wegweiser durch die Greifswalder Ortsteile Eldena und Friedrichshagen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Neue Greifswalder Museumshefte, Heft 1/1977, 2. erw. Aufl. Greifswald 1979
Lutz Mohr: "Ein verfemter Grab- und Gedenkstein in Greifswald (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)". In: Steinkreuzforschung (SKF). Studien zur deutschen und internationalen Flurdenkmalforschung. ed. by Rainer H. Schmeissner. Reihe B (Sammelbände), Sammelband Nr. 25 (NF 10), Regensburg 1998, p. 83-

References

^ ^a ^b "Georg Engel". Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Georg Engel". Katalog der deutschen Nationalbibliothek. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^ "Verbannte Bücher". Berlin.de. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

External links

Works by Georg Engel at Project Gutenberg
Georg Engel at Project Gutenberg Germany
Works by or about Georg Engel at the Internet Archive
Works by Georg Engel at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Literature by and about Georg Engel in the German National Library catalogue
Literature about Georg Engel in the State Bibliography (Landesbibliographie) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Works by Georg Engel at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (in German)

[Gutenberg-1] "Georg Engel". Retrieved 19 August 2013.

[Katalog-2] "Georg Engel". Katalog der deutschen Nationalbibliothek. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

[3] "Verbannte Bücher". Berlin.de. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

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