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Franz Evers (10 July 1871 – 14 September 1947) was first a bookseller and from 1889, editor of the monthly journal ''Litterarische Blätter''.
* Symphonie: Ein Gedichtbuch von Carl Busse, Franz Evers, Georg E. Geilfus, Victor Hardung, Julius Vanselow. München. M. Poessl. 1892. 199 S.
* ''Fundamente''. Poems. Leipzig 1893. With picture decorations by
''"Vom Taumeltrank der Ewigkeit" : der Verlag "Kreisende Ringe" und sein Mentor Franz Evers - Dichter, Theosoph und Halbgott''
on WorldCat In ''Leipziger Jahrbuch für Buchgeschichte''. Wiesbaden 2002: Harrassowitz (Schriften und Zeugnisse zur Buchgeschichte, vol. 15)
Life
Evers was born inWinsen an der Luhe
Winsen (Luhe) () is the capital of the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Luhe, near its confluence with the Elbe, approx. 25 km southeast of Hamburg, and 20 km northwest of Lüneburg.
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. In 1892, together with Carl Hermann Busse
Carl (Hermann) Busse (12 November 1872 – 3 December 1918) was a German lyric poet. He worked as a literary critic and published his own poetry and prose, occasionally under the pseudonym ''Fritz Döring''.
Life
Busse was born in Lindenstadt n ...
, G. E. Geilfus (Georg Edward), and Julius Vanselow (1868-1892), he published the anthology ''Symphonie''. He met the theosophist . Afterwards he worked as an editor of the theosophical journal '' Sphinx'' and was a freelance writer from 1894. He shared a studio with Fidus
Fidus was the pseudonym used by German illustrator, painter and publisher Hugo Reinhold Karl Johann Höppener (October 8, 1868 – February 23, 1948). He was a symbolist artist, whose work directly influenced the psychedelic style of graphi ...
, who illustrated his ''Hohe Lieder''.
He succeeded in placing some poems, both by Julius and Carl Vanselow, in the journal ''Sphinx'' in the 1893/1894 volumes, which published hardly any poetry before and after that. Possibly also by other members of his circle. There are three poems and a tale by Evers in volume 15 and three poems in volume 16. In volume 17 (1893), there are four prose texts and three poems. In this volume there are also abundant "art supplements" by Fidus
Fidus was the pseudonym used by German illustrator, painter and publisher Hugo Reinhold Karl Johann Höppener (October 8, 1868 – February 23, 1948). He was a symbolist artist, whose work directly influenced the psychedelic style of graphi ...
and Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Karl may refer to:
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, but these became increasingly sparse. He translated Paul Verlaine.
Evers died in Niemberg
Niemberg is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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at the age of 76.
Work
* Symphonie: Ein Gedichtbuch von Carl Busse, Franz Evers, Georg E. Geilfus, Victor Hardung, Julius Vanselow. München. M. Poessl. 1892. 199 S.
* ''Fundamente''. Poems. Leipzig 1893. With picture decorations by Fidus
Fidus was the pseudonym used by German illustrator, painter and publisher Hugo Reinhold Karl Johann Höppener (October 8, 1868 – February 23, 1948). He was a symbolist artist, whose work directly influenced the psychedelic style of graphi ...
.
* ''Deutsche Lieder''. Berlin 1895.
* ''Königslieder''. Leipzig 1895.
* ''Hohe Lieder''. Berlin 1896. With picture decorations by Fidus.
* ''Paradiese''. Leipzig 1897.
* ''Der Halbgott''. Poems. Leipzig 1900.
* ''Erntelieder''. Leipzig 1901.
* ''Nachtwandel der Liebe''. Leipzig 1911.
Further reading
* Andreas Pretzel: "Vom Taumeltrank der Ewigkeit" Der Verlag "Kreisende Ringe" und sein Mentor Franz Evers Dichter, Theosoph und Halbgott''.on WorldCat In ''Leipziger Jahrbuch für Buchgeschichte''. Wiesbaden 2002: Harrassowitz (Schriften und Zeugnisse zur Buchgeschichte, vol. 15)
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Evers, Franz 19th-century German poets 19th-century German male writers 20th-century German poets German male poets German publishers (people) 1871 births 1947 deaths People from Harburg (district) 20th-century German male writers