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Otto Borngräber (19 November 1874 – 19 October 1916) was a German writer and playwright.

Otto Borngräber
Borngräber, 1902
Born(1874-11-18)18 November 1874
Stendal
Died19 October 1916(1916-10-19) (aged 41)
Lugano, Italy
Education
  • University of Tübingen
  • University of Halle
  • University of Marburg
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Playwright
Organization

Life


Borngräber was born in Stendal, Altmark, on 19 November 1874[1] to Wilhelm and Flora Borngräber. His father was a primary school teacher. After completing school in Stendal with the Abitur, he began studies of theology and philosophy at the University of Tübingen in 1896. He moved to the University of Halle in 1898, and on to the University of Marburg after a short time, returning to Halle in 1900. In 1908, he was promoted to the doctorate with a dissertation about the awakening of philosophical speculation during the Reformation ("Das Erwachen der philosophischen Spekulation der Reformationszeit").

He then worked for a short time as dramaturge for Neues Theater Berlin. He married the writer Gertrud von Schlieben [de], known under her pen name Gerda von Robertus,[2] on 10 July 1911. They were divorced two years later.[2] His drama Die ersten Menschen (The first humans), completed in 1908 and subtitled Erotisches Mysterium (erotic mystery play), was banned in Bavaria in 1912 after its premiere in Munich.[3] He joined the group of the Monte Verità, and became friends with the dancer Rudolf von Laban. A dance drama in three parts with text by Borngräber was performed in 1917, titled Sang an die Sonne (Song to the sun), with masks and costumes created by Marcel Janco. Bornräber joined an call to a convention "Vegetarisch-sozialer Kongress") (Vegetarian-social congress), that was held in April 1916, intended as a demonstration for peace and against capitalism, and led by the pacifist Paul Birukoff [de], a friend of Tolstoi.[4]

Borngräber was a member of the Deutscher Monistenbund [de]. When nationalist tendencies showed in the association in 1915, he reacted writing a Friedensappell an die Völker (Appeal for peace to the nations) and the Weltfriedensdrama, a drama for world peace.

Borngräber died in Lugano on 19 October 1916 at age 41.[1]


Legacy


Borngräbers Drama Die ersten Menschen was set as an opera, Die ersten Menschen, by Rudi Stephan, completed in 1915, premiered in 1920 by the Oper Frankfurt, and revived beginning in the 1980s.[3]


Work



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Philosophy



Poetry



References


  1. "Borngräber, Otto" (in German). Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. Friedrichs, Elisabeth (2016). Die deutschsprachigen Schriftstellerinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Seen and Heard International (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-47-603141-9.
  3. Pritchard, Jim (21 August 2021). "Die ersten Menschen is Rudi Stephan's musical legacy because his life was tragically short – Seen and Heard International". Seen and Heard International. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. compare Congrès végétarien social.
  5. Steiner 1900.
  6. Monatsschrift für das Deutsche Geistesleben 1904-05:7-12. HathiTrust. 26 November 2020. hdl:2027/uc1.c2586789. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. Monatsschrift für das Deutsche Geistesleben 1911-12:1-12. HathiTrust. 20 June 2019. hdl:2027/uc1.b2894826. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

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