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Wilhelm Weigand

1862 – 1949

German writer

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Lived 1862 – 1949 (aged 87). Wilhelm Weigand was a German poet and writer.

Wilhelm Weigand (13 March 1862, in Gissigheim, Baden-Württemberg – 20 December 1949, in Munich) was a German Neoromanticism and Realism period poet and writer. He was born Wilhelm Schnarrenberger, but on 2 May 1888 he took the maiden name of his grandmother.

Distinctions Johann-Peter-Hebel Prize (1942) Honorary Citizen of the Community of Gissigheim

Selected works Der Frankenthaler, novel (Leipzig, 1889) Sommer, poems (1894) Der zwiefache Eros, short stories (1896) Die Löffelstelze, novel (Tübingen, 1919) Der Hof Ludwigs XIV. Nach den Denkwürdigkeiten des Herzogs von Saint-Simon, history (c. 1922) Der graue Bote, short stories (Prague 1924) Die Fahrt zur Liebesinsel, novel (1928) Die Gärten Gottes, novel (1930) Helmhausen, novel (1938) Welt und Weg. Aus meinem Leben, autobiography (1940) Die rote Flut. Der Münchener Revolutions- und Rätespuk 1918/19, novel (Munich 1935) Der Ring.: Schicksale um ein Familienkleinod. (Tübingen 1947) Sebastian Scherzlgeigers Fahrt nach Kautzien – Auch ein Reiferoman, novel (1948)

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Who was Wilhelm Weigand?

German writer (1862-1949)

When was Wilhelm Weigand born?

Wilhelm Weigand was born on 13 March 1862 in Gissigheim.

When did Wilhelm Weigand die?

Wilhelm Weigand died on 20 December 1949 in Munich.

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Wilhelm Weigand was a poet and writer.

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Wilhelm Weigand was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Wilhelm Weigand

· Wikidata: Q100520

· DBpedia: Wilhelm Weigand

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