Georg Julius Leopold Engel (born 22 October 1866 in Greifswald; died 19 October 1931 in Berlin), also known as Johannes Jörgensen, was a German writer, dramatist and literary critic. His novels appeared in large print runs.
Life Engel spent his youth in Breslau. After studying philosophy and history in Berlin from 1887 to 1890, he worked as an art and theatre critic for the Berliner Tageblatt newspaper and from 1891 he was active as a writer in Berlin.
In his novel Hann Klüth, der Philosoph (1905) and in his collection of novellas Die Leute von Moorluke (1910), set in Greifswald and surrounds, he portrayed lively and life-affirming north German characters. He wrote many dramas, but they are no longer performed. Engel was the President of the Imperial Union of German Literatur (Reichsverband des deutschen Schrifttums). This organisation provided social security for independent authors. He acquired recognition and awards of merit for this.
During the National Socialist period, his work was considered undesirable as Engel was non-Aryan by the state's definition. The commemorative plaque was removed from the house in Greifswald where he was born, his gravestone in Elisenhain (a forest in Greifswald) was knocked over. Some of Engel's books were banned, removed from libraries and burnt. His grave was fixed after 1945.
Works
Fiction
Source:
"Ahnen und Enkel", 1892 "Das Nächsten Weib", 1893 "Blind und andere Novellen", 1894 Zauberin Circe, 1894 Die Last, 1898 Die Furcht vor dem Weibe, 1899 Hann Klüth, der Philosoph, 1905 (translated into English as "The Philosopher and the Foundling" (1932)) Der verbotene Rausch, 1909 Der Reiter auf dem Regenbogen, 1909 Die Leute von Moorluke, 1910 Die verirrte Magd, 1911 Die vier Könige, 1913 Der Fahnenträger, 1914 Die Herrin und ihr Knecht, 1917 Kathrin, 1918 Claus Störtebeker, 1920 Die Prinzessin und der Heilige, 1922 Die Mauer, 1923 Erlebtes und Erträumtes, 1923 Die Mauer, 1923 Die Liebe durch die Luft, 1925 Uhlenspiegel, 1927 Des Äthers und der Liebe Wellen, 1929 Das Gericht, 1931
Drama
Source:
Der Hexenkessel, 1894 Hadasa, 1895 Sturmglocken, 1899 Der Ausflug in's Sittliche, 1900 Über den Wassern, 1902 Jim Hafen, 1906 Die Hochzeit von Poël, 1906 Das lachende Mirakel, 1906 Die heitere Residenz, 1913 Die Unsichtbaren, 1920 Die Diplomaten, 1925
Films based on his works
The Fear of Women (1921) based on Die Furcht vor dem Weibe The Mistress and her Servant (1929) based on Die Herrin und ihr Knecht
Bibliography
Lutz Mohr: Greifswald-Eldena und das Kloster Hilda. Ein Streifzug und Wegweiser durch die Greifswalder Ortsteile Eldena und Friedrichshagen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Neue Greifswalder Museumshefte, Heft 1/1977, 2. erw. Aufl. Greifswald 1979 Lutz Mohr: "Ein verfemter Grab- und Gedenkstein in Greifswald (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)". In: Steinkreuzforschung (SKF). Studien zur deutschen und internationalen Flurdenkmalforschung. ed. by Rainer H. Schmeissner. Reihe B (Sammelbände), Sammelband Nr. 25 (NF 10), Regensburg 1998, p. 83-
References
External links
Georg Engel at Project Gutenberg Germany