EDLER GUSTAV HEINRICH

GANS

See also:

• EDLER GUSTAV HEINRICH GANS PUTLITZ

PUTLITZ  zu (1821-189o), German author, was born at Retzien near Perleberg in West Prignitz, on the loth of March 1821 . He studied law at Berlin and Heidelberg, and was attached to the provincial government at Magdeburg from 1846–1848 . In 1853 he married Grafin Elisabeth von Konigsmark, and lived on his estate until 1863, when he became director of the Court theatre a t Schwerin . This post he left in 1867, was for a short time chamberlain to the crown prince of Prussia, afterwards the emperor Frederick, and from 1873 to 1889 successfully directed the Court theatre at Karlsruhe . He died at Retzien on the 5th of September 189o . Putlitz made his debut as a writer with a volume of romantic stories, Was sick der Wald erz¢hlt (1850), which attained great popularity (fifty editions) and found many imitators; but he was most successful in his comedies, notably Badekuren (1859); Das Herz vergessen (1853); and Spielt nicht mit dem Feuer/ (1887), while of his narratives Die Alpenbraut (187o) and Walpurgis (187o) are distinguished by refined terseness of style and delicacy of portraiture . A selection of his works, Ausgewahlte Werke, was published in 6 vols. in Berlin (1872–1877), and a supplementary volume in 1888; his comedies, Lustspiele, appeared in two series of 4 vols. each (1851–186o and 1869-1872) . See E. zu Putlitz, Gustav zu Putlitz . Ein Lebensbild aus Briefen (3 vols., 1894–1895) .