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Karl August Görner
1806–1884
Drawn to the stage from a young age, this prolific 19th-century German theater figure wrote more than 100 popular plays and became known as an actor, director, and playwright.
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Onnellinen aviomies : Kolminäytöksinen huvinäytelmä
by Karl August Görner
About the author
Born in Berlin on January 29, 1806, Karl August Görner built a life in the theater and later died in Hamburg on April 9, 1884. Reliable reference sources describe him as a German actor, director, and playwright.
Biographical accounts say he was the son of a senior finance ministry official and came into contact with Berlin theater circles early in life. He reportedly ran away from home while still young to become an actor, later managed his own company, and went on to write over 100 stage works.
Görner is remembered chiefly as a hardworking man of the theater rather than only as a literary figure: someone who wrote for performance, led productions, and helped shape popular German stage entertainment in the 19th century.