Norbert Jacques (6 June 1880 – 15 May 1954) was a Luxembourgish novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and translator who wrote in German. He was born in Luxembourg-Eich, Luxembourg and died in Koblenz, West Germany. He created the character Dr. Mabuse, who was a feature of some of his novels. Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, the first novel to feature Mabuse, was one of the bestsellers of its time; it sold over 500,000 copies in Germany. Today, Jacques is known best for Dr. Mabuse. In 1922, he received German citizenship.
Novels
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1921)
Ingenieur Mars (1923)
Mensch gegen Mensch (1924)
Plüsch und Plümowski (1927)
Mabuses Kolonie (1930, fragment) – Never finished. First published in 1994.
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1932) – First published in 1950 under the title Dr. Mabuses letztes Spiel. In the late 1980s, it was reprinted under its original title.
Chemiker Null (1934) – Serialized in 1934. First reprinted in a book in 1994.
Leidenschaft: Ein Schiller-Roman (1939)
Short stories
"Dr. Mabuse auf dem Presseball" (1923)
Translations
Maurice Renard - Les Mains d'Orlac. Published in German as Orlac’s Hände (1922).
Rudyard Kipling - Stalky & Co. Published in German as Staaks und Genossen (1928).
Rudyard Kipling - Captains Courageous. Published in German as Fischerjungs: Ein Seeroman (1930).
Hugh Walpole - Jeremy at Crale. Published in German as Jeremy auf der Schule (1931).
