Edmund Hoefer (15 October 1819, in

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– 22 May 1882, in

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) was a leading German

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of the second half of the 19th century and a noted literary historian.

Biography

After graduating from a gymnasium in 1839, he studied

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and

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at the universities of

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and

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. He began to write fiction early in life, his first stories appearing in collected form under the title ''From the People'' (''Aus dem Volk''; Stuttgart, 1852), and proving very popular. They were followed by: *''Out of the Old Time and the New'' (''Aus alter und neuer Zeit''; Stuttgart, 1854), *''As the People Speak'' (''Wie das Volk spricht''; 1855) was a collection of old proverbial sayings which Hoefer revised and expanded over the years, and an edition appeared in 1876. *''Skizzenbuch aus Norddeutschland, Schwanwiek'' (1856), *''Bewegtes Leben'' (1856), *''Days that Are No More'' (''Vergangene Tag''; Prague, 1859), * ''German Hearts'' (''Deutsche Herzen''; Prague, 1860) was widely read. Of his longer works, the most notable were: *''Norien. Erinnerungen einer alten Frau'' (Stuttgart, 1858, 2 vols.), *''Der große Baron'' (1861, 2 vols.), *''Unter der Fremdherrschaft'' (1863, 3 vols.), *''Tolleneck'' (1864, 3 vols.), *''Altermann Ryke'' (1864, 4 vols.) and his * Low German story ''Pap Kuhn'' (1878).

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* 1819 births 1882 deaths People from Greifswald People from the Province of Pomerania Writers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania University of Greifswald alumni Heidelberg University alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni German male novelists 19th-century German novelists 19th-century German male writers {{Germany-writer-stub