Julius von Voss
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Julius von Voss, also Julius von Voß (24 August 1768, Brandenburg an der Havel, Prussia – 1 November 1832 Berlin) was a German writer.{{Cite Collier's|wstitle=Voss, Julius von |year=1921}}
Work
His rapidity of literary production was almost without a parallel. He published about 160 works (plays, novels, and short stories) and a large number of works remained unpublished.{{ill|Conrad Wiedemann|de}}, [https://edoc.bbaw.de/opus4-bbaw/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1434 "Julius von Voß : Großstadttheater im Off}] In: Der gesellschaftliche Wandel um 1800 und das Berliner Nationaltheater. Hg. v. Klaus Gerlach/René Sternke. Hannover 2009, pp. 121–138
His best novel is Die Schildbürger (1823), a comical novel about Schildbürger, residents of Schilda, a fictional German town of fools (the text is available at Google Books[https://books.google.com/books?id=WOoYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Die Schildbürger: ein komischer Roman] ). He wrote many comedies, farces, and satirical parodies. In The Strahlau Haul of Fish (1822, a popular piece with songs, in the Berlin patois) he gives the first example of the Berlinese farce. Ini. Ein Roman aus dem ein und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert (Ini. A novel from the 21st century, 1810) is regarded as the first German science fiction novel.
Publications
- Geschichte eines bei Jena gefangnen preussischen Offiziers (1807)
- Ini. Ein Roman aus dem ein und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert ["Ini: A Novel from the Twenty First Century"] (1810), Reprint with commentary by Ulrich Blode: Oberhaid: Utopica, 2008, {{ISBN|978-3-938083-11-6}}
- Das Grab der Mutter in Palermo, novel (1818)
- Die Damenhüte im Theater (1820)
- Der Stralower Fischzug, play (1821)
- Die sechzehn Ahnen des Grafen von Luftheim, family chronicle (1821)
- Spanien's Jungfrauen-Tribut an die Mauren, novel (1830)
See also
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References
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Category:People from Brandenburg an der Havel
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