Georg Engel


Georg Julius Leopold Engel, 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 and in his collection of novellas Die Leute von Moorluke, 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. 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 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", 1894Zauberin Circe, 1894Die Last, 1898Die Furcht vor dem Weibe, 1899Hann Klüth, der Philosoph, 1905 Der verbotene Rausch, 1909Der Reiter auf dem Regenbogen, 1909Die Leute von Moorluke, 1910Die verirrte Magd, 1911Die vier Könige, 1913Der Fahnenträger, 1914Die Herrin und ihr Knecht, 1917Kathrin, 1918Claus Störtebeker, 1920Die Prinzessin und der Heilige, 1922Die Mauer, 1923Erlebtes und Erträumtes, 1923Die Mauer, 1923Die Liebe durch die Luft, 1925Uhlenspiegel, 1927Des Äthers und der Liebe Wellen, 1929Das Gericht, 1931

Drama

Source:Der Hexenkessel, 1894Hadasa, 1895Sturmglocken, 1899Der Ausflug in's Sittliche, 1900Über den Wassern, 1902Jim Hafen, 1906Die Hochzeit von Poël, 1906Das lachende Mirakel, 1906Die heitere Residenz, 1913Die Unsichtbaren, 1920Die Diplomaten, 1925

Films based on his works