Richard Georg Spiller von Hauenschild, better known by his

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Max Waldau (10 March 1825 – 20 January 1855), was a German

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and

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Corps Silesia Breslau Spiller von Hauenschild

Life

Born in Breslau (Wrocław),

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, Waldau lost his father early on in life, was educated in several boarding schools, and started studying law at Breslau University. Later, he took up philosophy, philology, and history at

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, where he received a doctorate. Waldau traveled for an extended period of time in Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, and Italy, though, after the failed German revolution of 1848–1849, he retired to his estate of Tscheidt, near Bauerwitz (Baborów),

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, locate ...

. Waldau started publishing poetry and prose in 1847; his compositions, while well written, lacked emotion and excitement. But, his friendship with

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, an older and more prestigious poet, resulted in Schefer releasing two series of beautiful poems, written in his youth, anonymously to the public; Waldau edited these collections, ''Hafis in Hellas'' and ''Koran der Liebe'', in

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1853 resp. 1855.cf. Bettina Clausen: ''Leopold Schefer Bibliographie'', Bangert & Metzler, Frankfurt on Main 1985, . Waldau died at the age of 30 at Tscheidt.

Publications

* 1847: ''Ein Elfenmärchen'' (fairy tale) * 1847: ''Blätter im Winde'' (poetry) * 1848: ''Kanzonen'' (poetry) * 1850: ''Aus der Junkerwelt'' (novel) * 1851: ''Nach der Natur. Lebende Bilder aus der Zeit'' (prose) * 1852: ''Aimiry, der Jongleur'' (novel) * 1854: ''Cordula. Graubündner Sage'' * 1855: ''

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Literature

: Waldau's manuscripts, papers, and letters at Tscheidt must be considered lost due to acts of war, 1945. * Franz Pietsch: ''Max Waldau: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Jungen Deutschland unter Benutzung ungedruckter handschriftlicher Quellen'', Phil. Diss., Breslau 1921

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* Karl Schumacher: ''Max Waldau (Richard Georg von Hauenschild): Leben, Werke und Schicksal eines deutschen Dichters; unter Benutzung des Nachlasses und bisher nicht bearbeiteter Quellen'', Germanische Studien, vol. 38, Ebering, Berlin 1925

References

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