Lebenstag eines Menschenfreundes
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Author
Wilhelm Schäfer
German writer (1868-1952)
- Born
- January 20, 1868, Ottrau
- Died
- January 19, 1952, Überlingen
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- Writer, editor, teacher, narrator and editing staff
Life and work
Wilhelm Schäfer (20 January 1868 – 19 January 1952) was a German writer.
Life
Born in Ottrau (Hesse), until 1896 Schäfer was a school teacher. He gained a scholarship to study in Switzerland and France through the Cotta-Verlag publishing house, and in 1898 became a freelance writer in Berlin. He lived in Vallendar from 1900 to 1915, and from 1918 until his death in 1952, he lived in Bodman on the Bodensee.
His work (drama, novels, and short prose pieces) were naturalist in style and marked with "völkisch" and national elements. In 1930 he published a novel about the shoe-maker Wilhelm Voigt with the title Der Hauptmann von Köpenick.
From 1900 to 1920, he published the magazine Die Rheinlande. His early work was especially influenced by naturalism. Important novellas were "Die unterbrochene Rheinfahrt" (1913) und "Hölderlins Einkehr" (1925). Schäfer's folksy language and mystification of the "German soul" made his work popular with the Nazis.
Awards
1941 Goethepreis der Stadt Frankfurt
1948 Honorary citizen of Bodman
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Collection
Books by Wilhelm Schäfer
1 book