Salomon Kohn was an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n novelist.

Biography

He was the son of a Jewish merchant

Merchant

A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.Merchants can be one of two types:# A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant...

, and studied at the local university from 1844 to 1846. He then became partner in his father's business and was sole proprietor from 1863. After 1873, he devoted his entire time to literary work.

Writings

His novel Gabriel was first published anonymously in a collection of works entitled Sippurim (Prague 1852), and had various translations, but, strangely, only obtained circulation in Germany

Germany

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 in the English

English language

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, the author's name being unknown and his right to the authorship not being proven till 20 years later. Of his other works should be cited Ein Spiegel der Gegenwart (A mirror of the present; Jena

Jena

Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...

, 1875), Die silberne Hochzeit (The silver wedding; 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...

, 1882), Prager Ghettobilder (Prague ghetto sketches; Leipzig, 1884); Neue Ghettobilder (New ghetto sketches; Leipzig, 1886), Der Lebensretter und andere Erzählungen (The life saver and other tales; Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, 1893), Fürstengunst (The pleasure of princes; Berlin, 1894), Ein deutscher Handelsherr (A German tradesman; Zürich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

, 1896), and Judith Löhrich (Strassburg, 1897).

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