Ernst Wichert


Ernst Alexander August George Wichert was a German lawyer, judge, and author.

Biography

Wichert was born in Insterburg, Prussia, and attended schools in Pillau and Königsberg.
He studied law at the University of Königsberg and worked as an assessor in Memel. In 1860 Wichert became a district judge in Prökuls. In 1863 he returned to Königsberg as a judge of the local court and became an Oberlandesgerichtsrat in 1877. In 1888 Wichert moved to Berlin, where he became Kammergerichtsrat at the Berlin Kammergericht. He retired in 1896 and died in 1902.
While performing his duties as a judge, in his spare time Wichert wrote and published 34 stage plays, 28 novels and 15 multi-volume novellas.

Works

Stage plays

Unser General York, 1858Der Withing von Samland, 1860Licht und Schatten, 1861Der Narr des Glücks, 1871Ein Schritt vom Wege, 1873Die Realisten, 1874Biegen oder Brechen, 1874An der Majorsecke, 1875Die Frau für die Welt, 1876Der Freund des Fürsten, 1879Peter Munk, 1882Im Dienst der Pflicht, 1896
  • ''Als Verlobte empfehlen sich''

Novels and novellas

Aus anständiger Familie, 1866Ein hässlicher Mensch, 1868Die Arbeiter, 1873Heinrich von Plauen, 1881 Litauische Geschichten, 1881Aus dem Leben, Novella, 1882Unter einer Decke, Novella, 1883Der Große Kurfürst in Preußen, 1887Die Taube auf dem Dache, 1892Frauengegestalten, 1894Die Schwestern, 1896Der Bürgermeister von Thorn
  • ''Kleine Passionen''

Autobiography

Richter und Dichter. Ein Lebensausweis, 1899

Screen adaption

Elzes Leben, a film version of Der Schaktarp,, directed by Algimantas Puipa, appearing Endrikis Andrius Paulavičius, Elzė Eglė Jaselskytė, Aušra Venckunaitė

Literature

  • Margot Braun: Ernst Wicherts Roman "Der Große Kurfürst in Preußen". Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des historischen Romans im 19. Jahrhundert. Würzburg-Aumühle