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Ludwig Ganghofer (7 July 1855 – 24 July 1920) was a German writer. He has been called the "most-adapted author in the history of German cinema", as many of his novels were turned into films.
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Ludwig Ganghofer (7 July 1855 – 24 July 1920) was a German writer. He has been called the "most-adapted author in the history of German cinema", as many of his novels were turned into films.
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Biography Ganghofer was born in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, the son of forestry official August Ganghofer (1827–1900). His younger sister Ida (1863–1944) married the geologist and geographer Albrecht Penck in 1886. The geomorphologist Walther Penck was Ganghofer's nephew. He graduated from gymnasium secondary school in 1873 and subsequently worked as a fitter in Augsburg engine works. In 1875, he entered Munich Polytechnic as a student of mechanical engineering, but eventually changed his major to history of literature and philosophy, which subjects he studied in Munich, Berlin and Leipzig. In 1879, he was awarded a doctorate from the Leipzig University. Ganghofer wrote his first play "Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau" (The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau) in 1880 for the Munich Gärtnerplatz Theatre, where it was given 19 performances. But his breakthrough was a guest performance of this play in Berlin, where it was staged more than 100 times. Subsequently, Ganghofer worked as dramaturge at the Ringtheater in Vienna (1881), as a freelance writer for the family paper Die Gartenlaube and as a feuilleton editor of the Neues Wiener Tagblatt (1886–1891). In Vienna, Ganghofer was a frequent guest at the salon in the Palais Todesco, where he met with artists like Hugo von Hofmannsthal and…
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Selected works Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau (folk play, 1880) The Hunter of Fall (novel, 1883) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info (in German) Die Sünden der Väter, (novel, 1886) Edelweißkönig (novel, 1886) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info The Monastery's Hunter (novel, 1892) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info Die Martinsklause (novel, 1894) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info Hubertus Castle (novel, 1895) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info Das Schweigen im Walde (novel, 1899) Der Dorfapostel (novel, 1900) Das neue Wesen. Roman aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, (historical novel, 1902) Der Hohe Schein (novel, 1904) Storms in May (novel, 1904) Der Besondere, (Erzählung, 1904) Der Mann im Salz (novel, 1906) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info Waldrausch (novel, 1907) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info Lebenslauf eines Optimisten (Autobiographie, 3 Bde., 1909–1911) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info The War of the Oxen (novel, 1914) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info Die Trutze von Trutzberg. Roman aus d. 15. Jahrhundert, (historical novel, 1915) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info Reise zur deutschen Front (report, 1915) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info Das große Jagen (novel, 1918) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info Der laufende Berg (Hochlandsroman, 1920) – freely available on www.wissen-im-netz.info