Karl Knortz

Karl Knortz ( born August 28, 1841 in Garbenheim in Wetzlar, † July 27, 1918 in North Tarrytown, New York ) was a German -American author.

Life

Knortz emigrated in 1863 to the USA and here dedicated to the teacher specialist. He was 1866-68 in Detroit (Michigan), on 1871 in Oshkosh ( Wisconsin), and later in Cincinnati (Ohio ) worked for the German language and literature. He was interested in the poet Walt Whitman and wrote two books about him.

He worked as an editor of the "German pioneer " in Cincinnati and the "Indiana German newspaper" in Indianapolis.

Works (selection)

  • Fairy tales and legends of the North American Indians
  • American life images. Sketches and diary pages. Publishing Magazine (J. Schabelitz ), Zurich 1884 Internet Archive
  • Epigrams
  • Longfellow. A literary-historical study
  • Walt Whitman, the poet of democracy
  • The Germanness of the United States. ET - Anst. and Dr. A.-G., Hamburg 1898 ( digitized )
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