Ernst von Wildenbruch | |
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 Ernst von Wildenbruch | |
| Born | 3 February 1845 Beirut,Lebanon |
| Died | 15 January 1909(1909-01-15) (aged 63) Berlin, Germany |
| Noble family | House of Hohenzollern |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Karoline von Weber |
| Father | Ludwig von Wildenbruch |
Ernst von Wildenbruch (3 February 1845 – 15 January 1909) was aGermanpoet anddramatist.
Wildenbruch was born atBeirut inLebanon, the son of thePrussian consul-general,Ludwig von Wildenbruch, who was himself an illegitimate son ofPrince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia. Having passed his early years atAthens andConstantinople, where his father was attached to the Prussian legation, he came in 1857 to theKingdom of Prussia, received his early schooling at the Padagogium atHalle and the Französische Gymnasium inBerlin, and, after passing through the cadet school, became, in 1863, an officer in thePrussian Army.Two years later Wildenbruch abandoned his military career, but was recalled to the colors in 1866 for theAustro-Prussian War. He next studied law at theUniversity of Berlin, and again served in the army during theFranco-Prussian War (1870–71).[1]
In 1876 Wildenbruch was attached to the foreign office, which he finally quit in 1900 with the title of counsellor of legation. He achieved his first literary successes with the epicsVionville (1874) andSedan (1875). After publishing a volume ofpoems,Lieder und Balladen (1877), he produced, in 1882, thetragedyDie Karolinger.[1]
Wildenbruch married Maria Karoline von Weber, daughter of the engineerMax Maria von Weber and niece toCarl Maria von Weber, in 1885. The couple had no children.
Wildenbruch's dramas include the tragedyHarold (1882);Die Quitzows (1888);Der Generalfeldoberst (1889);Die Haubenlerche (1891);Heinrich und Heinrichs Geschlecht (1895);Die Tochter des Erasmus (1900); andKönig Laurin (1902). He also wrote several volumes of short stories (Novellen, 1883;Neue Novellen, 1885;Tiefe Wasser, 1897, and others). He was twice (in 1884 and 1896) awarded theSchiller-Preis (Preußen) [de], and was, in 1892, made a doctor of philosophyhonoris causa by theUniversity of Jena.[1]
He died at Berlin in 1909.
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wildenbruch, Ernst von".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 633.
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