author
Richard Voss
1851–1918
Best known in his day for novels and plays that reached a wide German audience, he wrote with a strong feel for drama, history, and the landscapes of southern Europe. His work moved between the stage and the novel, and titles like Zwei Menschen helped make him a popular literary figure around the turn of the 20th century.
2 Audiobooks
The monk and the hangman's daughter
by Adolphe Danziger, Ambrose Bierce, Richard Voss
Kentaurenliebe. Die Toteninsel : Zwei antike Novellen
by Richard Voss
About the author
Born on September 2, 1851, in Neugrape, Pomerania, Richard Voß was a German dramatist and novelist. He served in the Franco-Prussian War, was wounded, and later studied philosophy in Jena and Munich before building a literary career.
He lived for many years in Berchtesgaden and also spent time near Rome, settings that shaped much of his writing. Alongside numerous plays, he wrote novels and narrative works, and he became especially associated with Zwei Menschen (Two People), one of his best-known books.
Voß also worked as a librarian at the Wartburg. He died in Berchtesgaden on June 10, 1918, remembered as a prolific writer whose fiction and drama made him a recognizable name in German literature of his era.