Felix Ludwig Julius Dan ( German: Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn ; February 9, 1834 , Hamburg - January 3, 1912 , Breslau ) - German writer and poet, author of historical novels [1] .
| Felix Ludwig Julius Dan | |
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| Date of Birth | February 9, 1834 |
| Place of Birth | Hamburg |
| Date of death | January 3, 1912 (aged 77) |
| A place of death | Breslau |
| Citizenship |  German Empire |
| Occupation | prose writer , poet |
| Genre | historical novel |
| Language of Works | Deutsch |
Creativity
The novels "Attila" and "The Fall of the Empire" narrate about the formation of Gothic (Germanic) tribes during the great migration of peoples. The novel “Attila” tells of the decline of Hunnic rule in Europe and the death of the Hunish king Attila in the arms of the girl Ildiho (daughter of King Vizigast), “The fall of the empire” about the decline of the Ostrogothic empire after the death of Theodoric the Great. One of the most famous works - the historical epic “The Battle of Rome” - was repeatedly filmed , based on his motives, the opera of Xaver Sharvenka's “Matasvinta” ( 1894 ) was created.
Dan's historical works, which were influenced by neo-romanticism , were used by the ideologists of German National Socialism for propaganda purposes.
Notes
- ↑ Charlotte Woodford, Benedict Schofield. The German Bestseller in the Late Nineteenth Century . - Camden House, 2012 .-- 298 p. - ISBN 9781571134875 .
Links
- Dan, Felix // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Felix Dahn | German historian (English) , Encyclopedia Britannica . Date of appeal October 24, 2018.
- Shane Nagle Histories of Nationalism in Ireland and Germany: A Comparative Study from 1800 to 1932 . - Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016-12-15. - 273 p. - ISBN 9781474263764 .