H. Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Rider Haggard ( born June 22, 1856 in Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, United Kingdom, † May 14 1925 in London) was a British writer and representative of the English adventure novel of the 19th century. His most famous work is King Solomon's Mines (German King Solomon's treasure chamber or King Solomon's Mines ). In the English-speaking world he is known as H. Rider Haggard.
Life
Born as the eighth of ten children of the landowner and lawyer ( Barrister) William Haggard and Ella Doventon, an amateur writer, Henry Rider Haggard was a difficult child and was held by his father for stupid. Alone of the sons of his parents, he received no higher education. By the age of 17, he was taught privately in the Ipswich Grammar School and in part. After he failed the entrance examinations for the army, he came on the recommendation of his father in 1875 as secretary to the Governor of Natal in South Africa, Sir Henry Bulwer. As a result, in various official functions in South Africa worked, he witnessed the struggles of the British with the Boers and the native population. He made off with the country's problems familiar and interested in detail for the language, culture and legends of the Zulu, which has a. In his playing African novels to the big game hunter Allan Quatermain and in Nada, which is reflected lily Haggard was also used by other adventurers, whom he met later in Africa, primarily on the American scout Frederick Russell Burnham, and the vast mineral wealth of southern Africa as well as the ruins of the ancient lost civilizations influenced, discovered in Africa, such as in Zimbabwe, were.
In 1880 he married in Norfolk landowners heiress Mariana Louisa Margitson, with whom he first moved to the Transvaal on his ostrich farm. As the country fell to the Boers, he returned to England and continued his study of law. In 1884 he was admitted to the Bar ( Admitted to the bar ). Instead of practicing he retired, however, on an estate in Norfolk and began to write. After some unsuccessful novels ( and a previous study on contemporary African history ), he made his breakthrough in 1885 with King Solomon's Mines, the first novel with his protagonist Allan Quatermain, a book until today continued success. Apparently the book was due to a bet with his brother that he could write with ease a similarly thrilling book as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, published in 1883.
The death of his son in 1891 was a severe blow for Haggard. In 1895 he ran unsuccessfully for Parliament. 1912 to 1917 he traveled extensively as a member of the Dominions Royal Commission. As an expert in agricultural and social issues, he wrote books such as The Poor and the Land (1905 ) and Rural England. In 1912 he was knighted in 1915 and Knight Commander of the British Empire.
Three of his siblings were also active as a writer ( his sister Eleonora under the pseudonym of Baroness Albert D' Anethan ).
To his admirers also include Carl Gustav Jung, for which the figure of the Queen Ayesha, a thousand-year- old sorceress and ruler of an African tribe, in She was a model for his anima concept. A psychoanalytic view of the movement Haggard also raises Arno Schmidt in his last, remained a fragment novel Juliet, or the paintings.
Works
Stories about Allan Quatermain
Stories by Ayesha
- She. A History of Adventure. 1887 German appeared under various titles: you, you. Novel from the darkest Africa / Mistress of the death / you. An adventure novel / you. Fantastic adventure novel. 1911, ISBN 3-934826-04-0.
- Ayesha: The Return of She. 1905 Ayesha - She returns. 1984, ISBN 3-453-31109-4.
- She and Allan. 1921, you and Allan. 1985, ISBN 3-453-31118-3.
- Wisdom 's Daughter: The Life and Love Story of She- Who- Must -Be - Obeyed. 1923, the daughter of wisdom. 1985, ISBN 3-453-31167-1.
Single novels
If a book has been published under several titles, they are separated by "/".
Autobiographical
- The Days of My Life: An Autobiography by Sir H. Rider Haggard. , 1926.