Friedrich von Spielhagen

Friedrich von Spielhagen (born February 24, 1829, Magdeburg, Prussian Saxony [Germany]—died February 25, 1911, Berlin, Germany) was a popular writer whose works are considered representative of the social novel in Germany. After studying at the Universities of Berlin, Bonn, and Greifswald, Spielhagen was a teacher in a Gymnasium (high school) at Leipzig, but after 1854 he became entirely involved with literature. From 1878 to 1884 he was editor of Westermanns Monatshefte; he was also an...