Schillers Heimatjahre

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Schillers Heimatjahre is a historical novel by Hermann Kurz, published in 1843. The novel, which translates to "Schiller's Homeland Years," is critical of the existing social order.1

Hermann Kurz was a German writer born in 1813. He is also known for his novels Der Sonnenwirt and his satirical tales of Swabian life. After studying theology, Kurz worked as a librarian at the University of Tübingen and was also active as a journalist and editor for a democratic newspaper.1

Friedrich Schiller, the subject of Kurz's novel, was a prominent German dramatist, poet, and literary theorist born in 1759. He is celebrated for plays such as The Robbers, Wallenstein, Maria Stuart, and Wilhelm Tell.2

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Hermann Kurz
…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”).
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…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”).
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