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Richard Voss (2 September 1851 – 10 June 1918) was a German dramatist and novelist. In standard German orthography, his name is printed as Voß.


Biography

Voss was born at Neu-Grape near Pyritz, in Pomerania, the son of a country squire. Though intended for the life of a country gentleman, he showed no inclination for outdoor life, and on his return from the war of 1870-71, in which he was wounded, he studied
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at Jena and Munich, and then settled at
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. In 1884 Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, appointed Voss as librarian of the Wartburg, but he later resigned the post, due to ill health. Voss spent 25 years of his life living at Frascati, near Rome, where he wrote many of his novels and plays. He was granted honorary citizenship of the town.


Main works


Plays

*''Savonarola'' (1878) *''Magda'' (1879) *''Die Patricierin'', a classical drama, which won the Schiller prize in 1896 (The Patrician Dame; 1880) *''Pater Modestus'', dealing with the problem of religion (1882) *''Der Mohr des Zaren'' (1883) *''Unehrlich Volk'' (1885) *''Alexandra'' (1888) *''Eva'' (1889) *''Wehe dem Besiegten'' (Woe to the Vanquished; 1889) *''Die neue Zeit'' (1891) *''Schuldig'' (1892) *''Lebenskünstler'' (1902)


Novels

*''San Sebastian'' (1883) *''Der Sohn der Volskerin'' (1885) *''Die Sabinerin'', remarkable for its beautiful descriptions of Italian country (1888) *''Der Mönch von Berchtesgaden'' (1891) *''Villa Falconieri'', the story of a successful poet who lost confidence in his powers (1896) *''Der neue Gott'' (1898) *''Die Rächerin'' (1899) *''Amata'', a story of Rome in Nero's time (1901) *''Römisches Fieber'' (1902) *''Allerlei Erlebtes'' (1902) *''Die Leute von Valdars'' (1902) *''Die Schuldige'', novel in two parts (1907) *''Alpentragödie'' (1909) *'' Zwei Menschen'' (1911)


Filmography

*', directed by (1913) *', directed by (1913) *', directed by (1914) *''Perjury'', directed by Harry F. Millarde (1921) *''Die Schuldige'', directed by Fred Sauer (1921) *'' Two People'', directed by Hanns Schwarz (1924) *', directed by Holger-Madsen (1925) *'' Alpine Tragedy'', directed by Robert Land (1927) *'' Guilty'', directed by Johannes Meyer (1928) *'' Villa Falconieri'', directed by
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(1928) *'' Two People'', directed by Erich Waschneck (1930) *'' Two People'', directed by Paul May (1952)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Voss, Richard 1851 births 1918 deaths People from Pyrzyce County People from the Province of Pomerania 19th-century German novelists 20th-century German novelists German male novelists German male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century German dramatists and playwrights 19th-century German male writers 20th-century German male writers