Adolf Wilbrandt
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Adolf von Wilbrandt
Wilbrandt, Adolf von (Rostock, 1837-1911, Ro-stock), son of a professor at Rostock University, studied at Rostock, Berlin, and Munich universities, and then settled in Munich where he was active as a journalist. After publishing in 1863 a monograph on H. von Kleist, he wrote the novels Geister und Menschen (3 vols., 1864) and Der Lizentiat (3 vols., 1868) and two volumes of Novellen (Novellen, 1869, and Neue Novellen, 1870). A study of Hölderlin appeared in 1870.
In 1871 Wilbrandt moved to Vienna, where he married two years later Auguste Baudius, an actress of the Burgtheater company. In these years he devoted himself chiefly to verse tragedy and became a favourite author of the Burgtheater public. Gracchus der Volkstribun (1872) received the Schiller Prize, and Arria und Messalina (1874), Giordano Bruno (1874), Nero (1876), and Kriemhild (1877) followed. He also wrote the comedies Jugendliebe (1873) and Fridolins heimliche Ehe (1876). With Meister Amor (2 vols., 1880) Wilbrandt returned to the novel, beginning a group of works in which personalities of the artistic world of Munich were recognizably depicted. For six years, 1881 to 1887, he was director of the Burgtheater, and in 1884 was ennobled by King Ludwig II of Bavaria. During his direction of the theatre he gave prominence to the classics and neglected modern plays. After resigning he returned to Rostock and soon after published the verse play (dramatisches Gedicht) Der Meister von Palmyra (1889), perhaps his best-known work.
Wilbrandt's later fiction includes the novels Adams Söhne (1890), Hermann Ifinger (1892), Der Dornenweg (1894), Die Osterinsel, Die Rothenburger (both 1895), Hildegard Mahlmann (1897), Franz (1900), Villa Maria, (1902), Hiddensee (1910), and Die Tochter (1911), and the collections of stories Novellen aus der Heimat (2 vols., 1882) and Opus 23 (1909). Many of his works are conspicuously moralistic and have affinities with the Bildungsroman. Wilbrandt's memoirs appeared as Erinnerungen (1905) and Aus der Werdezeit (1907).
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Adolf Wilbrandt
Adolf Wilbrandt (August 24, 1837–1911) was a German novelist and dramatist.
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Wilbrant was born in Rostock. His father was a professor at the university in Rostock. He received early education in his native town, and then entered the university and engaged in the study of law. He soon abandoned law in favour of philology and history, and continued these studies in Berlin and Munich. After taking the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, he joined the staff of the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich.[1]
He travelled abroad for a time and in 1871 he settled in Vienna, where, two years later, he married the actress, Auguste Baudius. In 1881, Wilbrandt was appointed director of the Hofburg theatre in succession to Franz Dingelstedt, an office he held until 1887. In this year he returned to his native town, and remained actively engaged in literary production.[1]
Wilbrandt is distinguished both as a dramatist and novelist. His merits were acknowledged by the award of the Grillparzer prize on two occasions—in 1895 for the tragedy Gracchus der Volkstribun, and in 1890 for his dramatic poem Der Meister von Palmyra, while in 1878 he received the Schiller prize for his dramatic productions.[1]
Works
Among his plays may be mentioned:
- Tragedies
- Arria and Messalina (1874)
- Nero (1876)
- Kriemhild (1877)
- Comedies
- Unerreichbar (1870)
- Die Maler (1872)
- Jugendliebe (1873)
- Der Kampf ums Dasein (1874)
- Drama
- Die Tochter des Herrn Fabricius (1883).
Among his novels the following deserve notice:
- Fridolins heimliche Ehe (1875)
- Meister Amor (1880)
- Hermann Ifinger (1892)
- Der Dornenweg (1894)
- Die Osterinsel (1895)
- Die Rothenburger (1895)
- Hildegard Mahlmann (1897)
He also published translations of Sophocles and Euripides (1866), Gedichte (1894, 1889 and 1907), and a volume of Erinnerungen (1905).
See V. Klemperer, Adolf Wilbrandt. Eine Studie über seine Werke (1907), and A. Stern, Studien zur Literatur der Gegenwart (3rd ed., 1905).
Literature
- Franz Horch: Das Burgtheater unter Laube und Wilbrandt. Wien: Österreichischer Bundesverlag 1925.
- Karl Jacobs: Die Dramendichtung Adolf Wilbrandts in zeitgeschichtlicher und -kritischer Darstellung. Köln: Univ. Diss. 1929.
- Victor Klemperer: Adolf Wilbrandt. Eine Studie über seine Werke. Stuttgart u.a. 1907.
- Eduard Scharrer-Santen: Adolf Wilbrandt als Dramatiker, München: Sachs u.a. 1912.
- Robert Wilbrandt: Mein Vater Adolf Wilbrandt. Berlin u.a.: Österreichischer Wirtschaftsverlag 1937.
References
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wilbrandt, Adolf". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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