Ernst Wichert
Ernst Alexander August George Wichert (11 March 1831 – 21 January 1902) was a German lawyer, judge, and author.
Biography
Wichert was born in Insterburg, Prussia, (today Chernyakhovsk, Russia) and attended schools in Pillau and Königsberg.
He studied law at the University of Königsberg and worked as an assessor in Memel. In 1860 Wichert became a district judge in Prökuls (today Priekulė, Lithuania). In 1863 he returned to Königsberg as a judge of the local court and became an Oberlandesgerichtsrat in 1877 (sometimes also 1879 is reported). In 1888 Wichert moved to Berlin, where he became Kammergerichtsrat at the Berlin Kammergericht. He retired in 1896 and died in 1902.[1]
While performing his duties as a judge, in his spare time Wichert wrote and published 34 stage plays, 28 novels and 15 multi-volume novellas.
Works
Stage plays
- Unser General York, 1858
- Der Withing von Samland, 1860
- Licht und Schatten, 1861
- Der Narr des Glücks, 1871
- Ein Schritt vom Wege, 1873
- Die Realisten, 1874
- Biegen oder Brechen, 1874
- An der Majorsecke, 1875
- Die Frau für die Welt, 1876
- Der Freund des Fürsten, 1879
- Peter Munk, 1882
- Im Dienst der Pflicht, 1896
- Als Verlobte empfehlen sich
Novels and novellas
- Aus anständiger Familie, 1866
- Ein hässlicher Mensch, 1868
- Die Arbeiter, 1873
- Heinrich von Plauen, 1881 Online version
- Litauische Geschichten, 1881
- Aus dem Leben, Novella, 1882
- Unter einer Decke, Novella, 1883
- Der Große Kurfürst in Preußen, 1887
- Die Taube auf dem Dache, 1892
- Die Schwestern, 1896
- Der Bürgermeister von Thorn
- Kleine Passionen
Autobiography
- Richter und Dichter. Ein Lebensausweis, 1899
Screen adaption
- Elzes Leben (Elzė iš Giljos), a film version of Der Schaktarp, (Lit-D, 1999), directed by Algimantas Puipa, appearing Eglė Jaselskytė, Aušra Venckunaitė
Literature
- Margot Braun: Ernst Wicherts Roman "Der Große Kurfürst in Preußen". Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des historischen Romans im 19. Jahrhundert. Würzburg-Aumühle
References
Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Wichert, Ernest". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- Ernst Wichert in the German National Library catalogue
- Gustav Freytag und Ernst Wichert
- Ernst Wichert In: Datenbank Projekt Historischer Roman. University of Innsbruck.