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Frederick Philip Grove

フレデリック・フィリップ・グローブ

Furederikku Firippu Gurōbu

Aliases: Felix Paul Greve
Pen Names: Fanny EsslerJoint pseudonym with Else Endell, F. C. GerdenFor decadent literature translations, Konrad ThorerFor Cervantes and Lesage translations, Andrew R. RutherfordSuggested but unused pseudonym

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1879-02-14 (Radomno, West Prussia)
Died
1948-09-09 (Simcoe, Ontario) age 69
Nationality
German, Canadian
Languages
German, English
Residence History
Hamburg → Bonn → Munich → Palermo → Wollerau → Paris-Plage → Berlin → Pittsburgh → Sparta, Kentucky → Manitoba (Haskett, Winkler, Virden, Gladstone, Rapid City) → Simcoe, Ontario

Career

Occupations
novelist, translator, schoolteacher
Active Years
1901-1948
Affiliations
Stefan George Kreis, Graphic Publishers
Influenced By
Stefan George, Thomas Mann, Karl Wolfskehl

Education

Gymnasium Johanneum
Classical languages
Degree: Abitur
Period: 1898
Year of Graduation: 1898
Country: Germany
Graduated in Hamburg
University of Bonn
Classical languages and archaeology
Period: 1898-1900頃
Country: Germany
Studied classical languages and archaeology

Awards

Governor General's Award
1946
Work: In Search of Myself
Category: 英語非フィクション部門
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Settlers of the Marsh

1925 Novel

Depicts the life of Swedish immigrant pioneer Niels Lindstedt

pioneer lifeimmigration

Fruits of the Earth

1933 Novel

Struggles of pioneer Abe Spalding

pioneer endurancefamily

In Search of Myself

1946 Autobiography

Autobiographical exploration of his life

identityimmigrant experience

Bibliography

  • Wanderungen (1902)
  • Helena und Damon (1902)
  • Fanny Essler (1905)
  • Maurermeister Ihles Haus (1906)
  • Over Prairie Trails (1922)
  • Settlers of the Marsh (1925)
  • A Search for America (1927)
  • Our Daily Bread (1928)
  • Fruits of the Earth (1933)
  • The Master of the Mill (1944)
  • In Search of Myself (1946)
  • Consider Her Ways (1947)

Translations by Author

  • Numerous translations including Jonathan Swift

Style & Themes

Literary Style
rugged realismnaturalismmodernism
Recurring Motifs
pioneer lifemulti-culturalismimmigration

Health

  • stroke
    1946年後半
    Crippling, ended writing career

Legacy

Pioneer of Canadian prairie literature, depicting immigrant multiculturalism; constructed a web of fact and fiction about his past

Archives

  • University of Manitoba Archives

In Popular Culture

  • Heavy metal band Torture for Pleasure quotes from Settlers of the Marsh

Trivia

  • Staged his suicide to move to North America
  • Bigamist
  • Member of Stefan George Kreis
  • Ex-wife was Dadaist Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven