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Wilhelm Schussen
1874–1956
A schoolteacher turned novelist and poet, he wrote with a warm, often humorous eye for Swabian life. His career stretched from classroom work into decades of fiction, essays, and literary activity in southern Germany.
1 Audiobook
Deutsche Humoristen, 7. Band (von 8)
by Ottomar Enking, Anna Croissant-Rust, Rudolf Greinz, Wilhelm Schussen, Ludwig Thoma
About the author
Born Wilhelm Frick in Kleinwinnaden on August 11, 1874, he wrote under the name Wilhelm Schussen and became known as a German writer with strong roots in Swabia. Before focusing on literature, he worked as a teacher, and that background stayed close to his writing, which is often described as lively, local, and rich in everyday characters.
Schussen published novels, poems, plays, and shorter prose, building a long career that connected village life, humor, and regional storytelling. Sources also note that he later worked as a lector and freelance writer, and that he eventually settled in Tübingen, where he died on April 5, 1956.
He is still remembered as a regional literary figure in southwestern Germany, with several of his works preserved in library and public-domain records. His life also reflects the complicated cultural history of German writers in the first half of the twentieth century, which makes him interesting not only as a storyteller, but as a figure of his time.