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Early career. Sudermann was born at Matzicken, a village to the east of Heydekrug in the Province of Prussia (now Macikai, in southwestern Lithuania ), close to the Russian frontier. The Sudermanns were a Mennonite family from the Vistula delta Mennonite communities near the former Elbing, East Prussia, (now Elbląg, Poland).
Hermann Sudermann (born Sept. 30, 1857, Matziken, East Prussia [now in Lithuania]—died Nov. 21, 1928, Berlin, Ger.) was one of the leading writers of the German naturalist movement. Though first apprenticed to a chemist, Sudermann was eventually able to attend the University of Königsberg.
Hermann Sudermann kurz vor seinem Tod; Fotografie von Nicola Perscheid. Hermann Sudermann (* 30. September 1857 in Matzicken (Macikai), Kreis Heydekrug, Ostpreußen; † 21. November 1928 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Bühnenautor Leben. Hermann Sudermann, ca. 1896. Hermann Sudermann wurde als Sohn des Bauern und Bierbrauers Johann Sudermann und seiner Ehefrau Dorothea geb. Raabe geboren. ...
May 14, 2018 · Hermann Sudermann. The works of the German dramatist and novelist Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928) reflect both the scope and the limitations of naturalism. Hermann Sudermann was born in Matziken, East Prussia, on Sept. 30, 1857. He described his youthful poverty in Das Bilderbuch meiner Jugend (1922).
Hermann Sudermann (1857–1928) was a German novelist and dramatist. He is best known for his novel 'Frau Sorge' (Dame Care), which explores the struggles of the protagonist in dealing with poverty and his quest for a better life.
The playwright, poet and novelist Hermann Sudermann was also known as the “Balzac from the East” by compatriots, and this essay seeks to establish the extent of his popularity in his time, as well as examine his Mennonite connections and the themes in many of his works.
Dramatist and novelist Hermann Sudermann was one of the leading writers of the German naturalist movement. His work is characterized by sentimentality and social commentary. Sudermann was born on Sept. 30, 1857, in Matziken, East Prussia (now Macikai, Lithuania).
Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928) had significant interactions with Mennonites of East Prussia while at the same time remaining at arm's length from the faith of his father.
Educated at Koningsberg University and the University of Berlin, Sudermann had to give up his studies because of financial difficulties. He worked for a time as a tutor before becoming a journalist in Bern, Switzerland. He returned to Germany in 1881 and became the editor of the Deutsches Reichsblatt.
In Hermann Sudermann's early plays the relationship of social and poetic themes is illuminating both for the works themselves and for their place in contemporary developments in German Naturalist
