- Oskar Jerschke
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Oskar Jerschke (Jy 17, 1861 in Lähn – Aug 24 1928 in Berlin) was a German playwright and collaborator of Arno Holz.
He was the sone of a military engineer and raised in the rectory of his Uncle until his father settled in Strassburg. He studied law in Strassburg and Berlin, settling in Strassburg as an attorney.
After the First World War, when Alsace and Strassburg came under French control, he was expelled to Berlin. There he published the tragicomedy Traumulus (the Dreamer) with his childhood friend Arno Holz in 1905. The work was a great success and film version was made in 1936 directed by Carl Froelich and starring Emil Jannings.
Selected Works
- Deutsche Weisen (1884) with Arno Holz
- Traumulus (1905) with Arno Holz
- Gaudeamus! A festival play for the 350th jubilee of the University of Jena (1908), with Arno Holz
- Die Perle der Antillen, Comedy (1909) with Arno Holz
- Büxl, Comedy (1911) with Arno Holz
- Mein deutsches Vaterland (1916)
External links
- Literature by and about Oskar Jerschke in the German National Library catalogue
- Works by Oskar Jerschke at Zeno.org (German)
- poems at zgedichte.de (German)
Categories:- Dramatist and playwright stubs
- 1861 births
- 1928 deaths
- German dramatists and playwrights
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