Stuken, Edward

Eduard Stucken ( German: Eduard Stucken ; March 18, 1865 , Moscow - March 8, 1936 , Berlin ) is a German writer.

Edward Stucken
Eduard stucken
Third Slaa Eduard Stucken
Date of Birth	March 18, 1865 ( 1865-03-18 )
Place of Birth	Moscow
Date of death	March 8, 1936 ( 1936-03-08 ) (aged 70)
Place of death	Berlin
Citizenship	Germany
Occupation	writer
Language of Works

Born in a family of businessmen. He graduated from high school in Dresden , in 1882 - 1884 . studied trading in Bremen . Then he abandoned his entrepreneurial career and turned to the study of the history of art, especially Egyptology and Assyrology; took a number of trips to the Mediterranean countries. In 1891 , Mr .. settled in Berlin and began writing. Stucken owns a significant number of novels, many of which are somehow connected with the history and mythology of the Middle East. The greatest success fell on the four-volume novel "White Gods" ( German: Die weißen Götter ; 1918 - 1922 ), which takes place in the state of the Aztecs . Stucken also composed poems and plays.

In 1933, to the text of the ballad by Eduard Stucken, setting out an episode from Herodotus' History, Franz Schrecker wrote a work for the reader and symphony orchestra Wife Intafern .