Ernst Eckstein
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Ernst Eckstein was a German
humorist, novelist and poet.
, and there completed his comic epos, Check to the Queen (1870), and wrote Paris Silhouettes (1873), the grotesque night-piece The Varzin Ghosts and the Mute of Seville. Later he wrote the stories Margherita, At the Tomb of Cestius, The Mosque at Cordova. He was editor of a literary and critical journal, Hall of Poets, and of a humorous weekly, The Wag, at Leipzig
, for some years, and in 1885 settled in Dresden
. He also wrote The Claudii, Aphrodite, a Story of Ancient Hellas, Decius the Flute-player: a Merry Story of a Musician in Ancient Rome.
Germany
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humorist, novelist and poet.
Biography
From the university he went to ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and there completed his comic epos, Check to the Queen (1870), and wrote Paris Silhouettes (1873), the grotesque night-piece The Varzin Ghosts and the Mute of Seville. Later he wrote the stories Margherita, At the Tomb of Cestius, The Mosque at Cordova. He was editor of a literary and critical journal, Hall of Poets, and of a humorous weekly, The Wag, at Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
, for some years, and in 1885 settled in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
. He also wrote The Claudii, Aphrodite, a Story of Ancient Hellas, Decius the Flute-player: a Merry Story of a Musician in Ancient Rome.
Works
- Venus Urania, 1872
- Humoresken, 1875/82
- Beiträge zur Geschichte des Feuilletons, 1876
- Lisa Toscanella (Novellae), 1876
- Pariser Leben, 1876
- Ein Pessimist (Comedy), 1877
- Sturmnacht (Novellae), 1878
- Die Claudier (Novel), 1881
- Prusias. Roman aus dem letzten Jahrhundert der römischen Republik, 1884
- Jorinde (Novel), 1888
- Nero (Novel), 1889
- Das Kind (Novellae), 1893
- Verstehen wir Deutsch? Volkstümliche Sprachuntersuchungen, 1894
- Familie Hartwig (Novel), 1894
- Roderich Löhr (Novel), 1896
- Willibald Menz. Lavafluten (Novel), 1898
- Die Klosterschülerin (Novel), 1899
- Die Märchenprinzessin (Novel), 1901
- Gesammelte Schulhumoresken, 1907