Ernst Wiechert

Ernst Wiechert . German writer, poet, and teacher. He was one of the most widely read writers of the 1930s . He incorporated Catholic themes and humanistic ideals in his novels. The simple Life ( 1939 ) and The Jeromin children ( 1945 ) are his most representative novels.

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Summary

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1 Biographical data
- 1 Trajectory
- 2 Death
2 Works
- 1 Works that stand out
- 2 Posthumous work
3 Source

Biographical data

He was born in Sensburg , Germany on May 18 , 1887 . The son of a forest guard, he studied at Königsberg and devoted himself to teaching.

Trajectory

Due to his hostility to the Nazi regime, he was arrested in 1938 and interned in Buchenwald. His novels, characterized by his rejection of the modern world and his attachment to the values of the past, earned him great success in the post-war years.

Death

He died on 24 August as as 1950 in Zurich , Switzerland .

Plays

Die Flucht, novel, (pseudonym: Ernst Barany Bjell), 1916
Der Wald, novel, 1922
Der Totenwald, novel “The forest of the dead”, 1924
Die blauen Schwingen, novel, 1925
Der Knecht Gottes Andreas Nyland, novel, 1926
Der solberne Wagen, stories “The Silver Car”, 1928
Die kleine Passion. Geschichte eines Kindes, novel, 1929
Die Flöte des Pan, short stories, 1930
Jedermann, novel, 1931
Die Magd des Jürgen Doskocil, 1932
Geschichte eines Knaben, novel, 1933
Das Spiel vom deutschen Bettelmann, work for the radio, 1933
Die Majorin, novel, 1934
Der Todeskandidat, short stories, 1934
Der verlorene Sohn, drama, 1935
Die goldene Stadt, drama, 1935
Hirtennovelle, tales, 1935
Wälder und Menschen, childhood memories, 1936
Das heilige Jahr, tales, 1936
Von den treuen Begleitern, interpretations of poems, 1938
Atli, der Bestmann, short stories, 1938
Die Kinder Jeromin-novel “Children of Jeromín” 1945/7
Die Totenmesse, short story, 1945/7
Der brennende Dornbusch, short story, 1945
Demetrius, short story, 1945
Der Totenwald, account of his Buchenwald concentration camp “The Forest of the Dead”, 1946 (written in 1937)
Märchen 1946/7
Der weiße Büffel oder Von der großen Gerechtigkeit, 1946 (written 1937)
Der armen Kinder Weihnachten, drama, 1946
Okay oder die Unsterblichen, drama, 1946
Die Gebärde, short stories, 1947
Der Richter, short story, 1948
Jahre und Zeiten, memoirs, 1949
Die Mutter, tales, 1948
Missa sine Nomine, novel “Missa sine nomine”, 1950
Der Exote, novel, 1951
Die letzten Lieder, poems, 1951
Es geht ein Pflüger übers Land, stories chosen by Lilje Wiechert, 1951
Häftling Nr. 7188, letters and newspaper excerpt, 1966

Works that stand out

“The Wolf of the Dead” ( 1924)
“The Simple Life” ( 1939)
“The sons of Jeromín” ( 1945- 1947 )

Posthumous work

“Missa sine nomine” ( 1953).

He also wrote stories (The Silver Car, 1928 ) and autobiographical writings, such as The Forest of the Dead ( 1945 ), in which he recounts his experience in the Buchenwald concentration camp.