Johann George Ludwig Hesekiel (12 August 1819 – 26 February 1874) was a German author from Halle, where his father, distinguished as a writer of sacred poetry, was a

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pastor. Hesekiel studied history and philosophy in Halle,

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and

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, and devoted himself in early life to journalism and literature. In 1848 he settled in

, where he lived until his death, achieving a considerable reputation as a writer and as editor of the '' Neue Preussische Zeitung''. He attempted many different kinds of literary work, the most ambitious being perhaps his patriotic songs ''Preussenlieder'', of which he published a volume during the revolutionary excitement of 1848–1849. Another collection, ''Neue Preussenlieder'', appeared in 1864 after the Danish War, and a third in 1870, ''Gegen die Franzosen, Preussische Kriegs- und Königslieder'', during the Franco-Prussian War. Among his novels may be mentioned ''Unter dem Eisenzohn'' (1864) and ''Der Schultheiss vom Zeyst'' (1875). The best known of his works is his biography of Prince

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(''Das Buch vom Fursten Bismarck'') (3rd ed., 1873; English trans. by RH Mackenzie).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hesekiel, Johann Georg Ludwig 1819 births 1874 deaths Writers from Halle (Saale) People from the Province of Saxony Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni University of Jena alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni German male writers