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LINDAU, PAUL (1839– )
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See also:LINDAU, See also:PAUL (1839– ) , See also:German dramatist and novelist, the son of a See also:Protestant pastor, was See also:born at See also:Magdeburg on the 3rd of See also:June 1839. He was educated at the gymnasium in See also:Halle and subsequently in See also:Leipzig and See also:Berlin. He spent five years in See also:Paris to further his studies, acting meanwhile as See also:foreign correspondent to German papers. After his return to See also:Germany in 1863 he was engaged in journalism in See also:Dusseldorf and See also:Elberfeld. In 187o he founded Das neue Blatt at Leipzig; from 1872 to 1881 he edited the Berlin weekly, See also:Die Gegenwart; and in 1878 he founded the well-known monthly, See also:Nord und which he continued to edit until 1904. Two books of travel, Aus Venetien (Dusseldorf, 1864) and Aus Paris (See also:Stuttgart, 1865), were followed by some volumes of See also:critical studies, written in a See also:light, satirical vein, which at once made him famous. These were Harmlose Briefe eines deutschen Kleinstddters (Leipzig, 2 vols., 1870), Moderne Mdrchen See also:fur See also:grosse Kinder (Leipzig, 1870) and Literarische Riicksichtslosigkeiten (Leipzig, 1871). He was appointed See also:intendant of the See also:court See also:theatre at See also:Meiningen in 1895, but removed to Berlin in 1899, where he became manager of the Berliner Theater, and subsequently, until- 1905, of the Deutsches Theater. He had begun his dramatic career in 1868 with See also:Marion, the first of a See also:long See also:series of plays in which he displayed a remarkable See also:talent for See also:stage effect and a command of witty and lively See also:dialogue. Among the more famous were Maria and Magdalena (1872), Tante Therese (1876), Grdfin See also:Lea (1879), Die Erste (1895), Der Abend (1896), Der Herr See also:im Hause (1899), So ich See also:dir (1903), and he adapted many plays by See also:Dumas, See also:Augier and See also:Sardou for the German stage. Five volumes of his plays have been published (Berlin, 1873–1888). Some of his volumes of See also:short stories acquired See also:great popularity, notably Herr and Frau Bewer (See also:Breslau, 1882) and See also:Toggenburg and andere Geschichten (Breslau, 1883). A novel-sequence entitled Berlin included Der See also:Zug nach dem Westen (Stuttgart, 1886, See also:roth ed. 1903), Arme Mddchen (1887, 9th ed. 1905) and Spitzen (1888, 8th ed. 1904). Later novels were Die Gehilfin (Breslau, 1894), Die Brudee (See also:Dresden., 1895), Der See also:Konig von See also:Sidon (Breslau, 1898). His earlier books on See also:Moliere (Leipzig, 1871) and See also:Alfred de See also:Musset (Berlin, 1877) were followed by some volumes of dramatic and See also:literary See also:criticism, Gesammelte Aufsdtze (Berlin, 1875), Dramaturgische Bldtter (Stuttgart, 2 vols., 1875; new series, Breslau, 1878, 2 vols.), Vorspiele auf dem Theater (Breslau, 1895). His See also:brother, See also:RUDOLF LINDAU (b. 1829), was a well-known diplomatist and author. His novels and tales were collected in 1893 (Berlin, 6 vols.). The most attractive, such as Reisegefdhrten and Der See also:lange Hollander, See also:deal with the See also:life of See also:European residents in the Far See also:East. See Hadlich, Paul Lindau als dramatischer Dichter (2nd ed., Berlin, 1876). Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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