Julius von Voss


Julius von Voss, also Julius von Voß was a German writer.

Work

His rapidity of literary production was almost without a parallel. He published about 160 works and a large number of works remained unpublished.
His best novel is Die Schildbürger, a comical novel about Schildbürger, residents of Schilda, a fictional German town of fools. He wrote many comedies, farces, and satirical parodies. In The Strahlau Haul of Fish he gives the first example of the Berlinese farce. Ini. Ein Roman aus dem ein und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert is regarded as the first German science fiction novel.

Publications

Geschichte eines bei Jena gefangnen preussischen Offiziers Ini. Ein Roman aus dem ein und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert, Reprint with commentary by Ulrich Blode: Oberhaid: Utopica, 2008, Das Grab der Mutter in Palermo, novel Die Damenhüte im Theater Der Stralower Fischzug, play Die sechzehn Ahnen des Grafen von Luftheim, family chronicle Spanien's Jungfrauen-Tribut an die Mauren, novel