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Wiechert, Ernst, 1887-1950


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    • Wiechert, Ernst Emil, 1887-1950
    • Vikhert, Ėrnst, 1887-1950
  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1887-05-18
    • Death Date

        1950-08-24
    • Birth Place

        Piersławek (Poland)
    • Birth Place

        Sensburg (Germany)
    • Associated Language

        German
    • Occupation

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      Teachers

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Wiechert, Ernst Emil, 1887-1950
  • Sources

    • found: Der Knecht Gottes Andreas Nyland : Roman, 1926:title page (Ernst Wiechert)
    • found: Der Wald, 1922:title page (Ernst Wiechert)
    • found: Das einfache Leben : Roman, 1939:title page (Ernst Wiechert)
    • found: Märchen, 1981:title page (Ernst Wiechert [originally published in 1946])
    • found: Kont︠s︡ept︠s︡ii︠a︡ cheloveka v maloĭ proze Ėrnsta Vikherta, 2008:title page (Ėrnsta Vikherta) page 4 (Ėrnsta Vikherta, 1885-1950)
    • found: Hirtennovelle, 1945:title page (Ernst Wiechert) page 109 (Ernst Wiechert; born May 18, 1887, in Forsthaus Kleinort, Kreis Sensburg, East Prussia; died August 24, 1950, in Uerikon near Zurich, Switzerland; his father was the forester Emil Martin Wiechert; he wrote his first book in 1913; he was forbidden to travel abroad from 1938 on; from May until August, 1938, he was interned in Buchenwald concentration camp; until 1945 he was under Gestapo surveillance)
    • found: German Wikipedia, viewed April 24, 2020(Ernst Wiechert; born May 18, 1887 in Kleinort, Kreis Sensburg, in Masuria, East Prussia (now Piersławek in Poland); died August 24, 1950, in Uerikon in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland; German author and teacher; he was one of the most widely-read German authors from the 1930's into the 1950's and is counted as a member of the so-called Innere Emigration during the Hitler regime; his first novel (Die Flucht) was published in Berlin in 1916 under the pseudonym Ernst Barany Bjell; he wrote novels and short stories and was also known for his "Reden an die Jugend" ("Speeches to the young"))
    • found: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek online catalog, viewed April 27, 2020(authorized access point: Wiechert, Ernst; other data in authority record: born 1887 in Piersławek; died 1950 in Uerikon; German author of East Prussian heritage) - http://d-nb.info/gnd/118632361
  • LC Classification

    • PT2647.I25
  • Editorial Notes

    • [Do not confuse with: Wichert, Ernst, 1831-1902 (see NAR n 85830761)]
    • [This heading was originally established, prior to AACR2, as Wiechert, Ernst Emil, 1887-1950. However, there is no evidence in his publications for the form of name "Ernst Emil", and no mention in biographical sources of a second forename Emil.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 1980-04-18: new
    • 2023-08-29: revised
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