!!!Wassermann, Jakob

Wassermann, Jakob, b. Fuerth (Germany), March 10, 1873, 
d. Altaussee (Styria), Jan. 1, 1934. Writer and critic. Lived in 
Vienna from 1898 as theatre correspondent and joined the circle  
"Jung-Wien". In 1919 moved to Altaussee. Was one of the most popular 
German language authors even during his lifetime. Wrote psychological 
novels and historical biographies from humanist perspective. His best 
known book is the novel about a legal case "Der Fall Maurizius" 
(1928).

!Further works
novels: Melusine. Ein Liebesroman, 1896; Die Juden von 
Zirndorf, 1897; Die Geschichte der jungen Renate Fuchs, 1900; 
Alexander in Babylon, 1905; Caspar Hauser oder Die Traegheit des 
Herzens, 1908; Das Gaensemaennchen, 1915; Christian Wahnschaffe, 
2 vols., 1919; Laudin und die Seinen, 1925; Etzel Andergast, 
1931; Joseph Kerkhovens dritte Existenz, 1934. - Autobiography: Mein 
Weg als Deutscher und Jude, 1921. - Essays, novellas, narratives.

!Literature
D. Rodewald (ed.), J. W. 1873-1934, 1984; M. 
Neubauer, M. W., ein Schriftsteller im Urteil seiner 
Zeitgenossen, 1994; R. Koester, J. W., 1996.


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