Oxford Companion to German Literature
A reliable source of information on the whole sweep of German literature that covers authors and their major works, as well as historical, intellectual, and cultural backgrounds.
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Hans Habe
(Budapest, 1911 -- 77 , Locarno), a journalist in Vienna and from 1935 in Geneva, served in 1939 in the French army and in 1940 escaped to the USA, returning in
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Habsburg
family name of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire (see Deutsches Reich, Altes ) from 1438 -- 1806 , and emperors of Austria from 1804 -- 1918 .
Peter Hacks
(Breslau, 1928 -- 2003 , Berlin), studied in Munich and wrote his Ph.D thesis on the Biedermeier theatre.
Ernst Haeckel
(Potsdam, 1834 -- 1919 , Jena), was professor of zoology at Jena from 1862 -- 1909 and devoted himself to the advancement of Darwin's views.
Philipp Hafner
(Vienna, 1735 -- 64 , Vienna), Austrian lawyer turned dramatist, is reckoned to be the founder of the Viennese Lokalposse (see Volksstück ).
Hagen
a character in the story of the Nibelungs, appears in the earliest form as Högni, son of Gjuki, brother of Gunnar, and murderer of Sigurd.
Max Halbe
(Guettland nr. Danzig, 1865 -- 1944 , Neuötting, Bavaria), the son of a country gentleman, studied from 1883 -- 1888 at Heidelberg, Munich, and Berlin
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Halle
city on the River Saale. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the archbishops of Magdeburg.
Hallig
name applied to nine North Sea islands off the Frisian coast of Germany, separated from the mainland by flooding and erosion; the most disastrous floods occurred in 1362 , 1532 ,
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Friedrich Halm
(Cracow, 1806 -- 71 , Vienna), pseudonym and customary designation of Eligius Franz Joseph , Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen .
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ritter von Hackländer
(Burtscheid nr. Aachen, 1816 -- 77 , Villa Leoni am Starnberger See), the son of a teacher, was apprenticed to a merchant in Elberfeld in 1830 , volunteered for
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Hadamar von Laber
(Bavarian Palatinate, c. 1300 -- c. 1360 ), was of knightly birth and served under the Emperor LudwigIV .
Hadlaub
a Novelle by G. Keller , included in Züricher Novellen .
Johans Hadlaub
a Swiss Minnesänger of citizen stock, lived in Zurich, where he is recorded as having bought a house in 1302 .
Viktor Hadwiger
(Prague, 1878 -- 1911 , Prague), wrote stories which look forward, though without distinctive originality, to the coming movement of Expressionismus .
Friedrich von Hagedorn
(Hamburg, 1708 -- 54 , Hamburg), after studying at Jena, received a diplomatic appointment and spent two years (1729 -- 31 ) in London before returning to Hamburg
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Rudolf Hagelstange
(Nordhausen, Harz, 1912 -- 84 , Hanau), at first a journalist, was called up in 1940 , taken prisoner in 1945 , and released shortly afterwards.
