Eduard Bornhöhe

Eduard Bornhöhe (born 5 Februarjul / February 17 1862greg on the estate Kullaaru, community Rakvere, Lääne- Viru, Estonia, .. † November 17, 1923 in Tallinn ) was one of the most successful Estonian writers of the 19th century.

Life

Eduard Bornhöhe ( whose real name is Eduard Brunberg ) led an unsettled life, which introduced him to ever new professional challenges. He attended from 1872 to 1874, the primary school and from 1874 to 1877 the county school in Tallinn. After that, he was for a short time draftsman for a surveyor in Saint Petersburg and apprentice in a department store. 1878/79 he was a member of a railway offices in Kaunas, then auxiliary schoolmaster at the parish school in Põltsamaa and employees of a German-language newspaper in Tallinn.

From 1881 he worked as a teacher in Stavropol and in Tbilisi. He undertook among other things, extended trips to Asia Minor. Back to Estonia, he was a tutor in the manor of Matsalu and theater critic for the German newspaper Revaler observers. 1886/87 he was the voice and singing teacher at the Seminary of Kuuda ( Lääne ) and then again a tutor in Matsalu.

In 1889 he enrolled at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Tartu, but was still in the same year his studies. He suggested further by a private tutor, writer and cartoonist. In 1893 he was linguist at the District Court of Tallinn. From 1907 to 1917 he was chairman of the magistrates in Jõhvi. From 1919 he worked as a Justice of the Peace in Tallinn.

Literary creation

Born Eduard Höhes novels greatly concerned with historical adventures. They are influenced by Romanticism. Bornhöhe is considered the founder of the Estonian historical novel. Recurring themes are the uprising of the Estonians against the Knights in the Georg night of April 23, 1343 and scenes from the Livonian War.

1893 limited the tsarist censorship strong a creating Eduard Born Höhes. He retired after almost completely from the literary life back.

Main works

• Tasuja (1880 )
• Võitlused Villu (1890)
• Tallinna narrid yes narrikesed (1892 )
• Vürst Gabriel ehk Pirita Kloostri viimsed päevad (1893 )
• Usurändajate radadel ( travel stories, 1899)
• Kollid (1903 )