Hermann Kurz

Hermann Kurz (born Nov. 30, 1813, Reutlingen, kingdom of Württemberg [Germany]—died Oct. 10, 1873, Tübingen, Ger.) was a German writer chiefly known for two powerful historical novels, Schillers Heimatjahre (1843; “Schiller’s Homeland Years”) and Der Sonnenwirt (1855; “The Proprietor of the Sun Inn”), both critical of the existing social order, and for his satirically humorous tales of Swabian life in Erzählungen (1858–63; “Tales”). Although Kurz studied at the theological seminary in Tübingen (1831–35), he gave...