Ernst Eckstein

Ernst Eckstein ( born February 6, 1845 in Giessen, † November 18, 1900 in Dresden ) was a German writer.

Life

The son of a Hofgerichtsrats studied law, philosophy and philology in Giessen, Bonn and Marburg and received his doctorate 1866.

Then Eckstein worked as a freelance writer ( Travel to Southern and Western Europe). In 1872 he became a member of the Vienna Neue Freie Presse, from 1874 to 1882 he was editor of the Leipzig German poet hall, one of the excellent almanacs that time. In between, he ran his own publishing house and was from 1879 to 1882 also editor of the satirical magazine Schalk.

During his lifetime, he was very popular. His visit to the Schulhumoreske Carzer ( for the first time from November 16, 1872 published in continuation in the Munich Fliegende Blatter ), which was launched in 15 years 85 times, was a source of amusement for several Gymnasiastengenerationen. She is a role model for Heinrich Spoerls Feuerzangenbowle. He also wrote numerous historical novels with themes from ancient Roman times.

Eckstein died 1900 in Dresden and was buried in the Trinity Cemetery.

Works

• Venus Urania ( epic ), 1872
• Humoresken ( 2 vols ), 1875/82
• Contributions to the history of the arts section ( 2 vols ), 1876
• Lisa Tosca Ella ( Amendment), 1876
• Life in Paris ( travel feature pages ), 1876
• Madeleine, poem, 1877
• A pessimist ( comedy), 1877
• Stormy Night ( short stories, 2 vols ), 1878
• The Claudian (novel, 3 vols ), 1881 ( digitized )
• Prusias. Novel from the last century of the Roman Republic ( 3 vols ), 1884
• Aphrodite (Roman of old - Hellas ), 1886
• Nero (Roman, 3 vols ), 1889
• The child ( Amendment), 1893
• Do we understand German? Folk language studies, 1894
• Hartwig Family (novel), 1894
• Roderich Löhr (novel), 1896
• Tides ( poems), 1897
• Willibald Menz. Flood lavas (novel), 1898
• The convent girl (novel), 1899
• The Fairy Princess (novel), 1901
• Collected school Humoresken, 1907