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
Frauengegestalten, 1894
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 Endrikis Andrius Paulavičius, Elzė 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.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Wichert, Ernest" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

^ "Spiegel.de". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2009-07-28.

External links

Works by or about Ernst Wichert at the Internet Archive
Ernst Wichert in the German National Library catalogue
Gustav Freytag und Ernst Wichert
Ernst Wichert In: Datenbank Projekt Historischer Roman. University of Innsbruck.

[1] "Spiegel.de". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2009-07-28.

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