Ernst von Wolzogen

Ernst von Wolzogen (April 23, 1855 - August 30, 1934 was a cultural critic, a writer and a founder of Cabaret in Germany.

Biography

Wolzogen came from a noble Austrian family; he studied Literature, Philosophy, and the history of art in Strasbourg and Leipzig. In 1882, he went to Berlin where he worked as an editor at a publishing house and later became an independent writer. From 1892 to 1899, he lived in Munich where he founded the "Freie Literarische Gesellschaft", a literary society. In 1899, he returned in Berlin where he established the Cabaret "Überbrettl", a play on Nietzsche term "Übermensch". After its closure in 1905, he returned to Darmstadt.

Works

* 1879 "Um 13 Uhr in der Christnacht"
* 1885 "Wilkie Collins: Ein Biographisch-Kritischer Versuch", Biography
* 1886 "Heiteres und Weiteres", Poetry
* 1887 "Thüringer Roman"
* 1890 "Die tolle Komteß", Novel
* 1890 "Er photographiert", Comedy
* 1892 "Das Lumpengesindel", Tragic comedy
* 1894 "Das gute Krokodil und andere Geschichten"
* 1897 "Der Kraft-Mayr", Novel
* 1897 "Die Gloria-Hose", Short Story
* 1899 "Das dritte Geschlecht", Novel
* 1901 "Feuersnot", Musical, Music by Richard Strauß
* 1905 "Verse aus meinem Leben"
* 1923 "Wie ich mich ums Leben brachte" (Autobiography; anti-Semitic)