Name Wilhelm Meyer-Forster Role Novelist | ||
Died March 17, 1934, Berlin, Germany Movies The Student Prince, The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, Old Heidelberg Books Karl Heinrich, Lena S.: Roman Similar People John M Stahl, Richard Thorpe, Ernst Lubitsch, John Emerson, Sonya Levien | ||
Wilhelm Meyer-Förster, also known as Samar Gregorow (12 June 1862, Hannover – 17 March 1934, Heringsdorf), was a German novelist and playwright.
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Biography
The son of a bookseller, he first studied law, then the history of art. He later decided upon a literary career, however much his age might have rendered him young and impressionable. From 1890 to 1898 he lived in Paris, afterwards in Berlin. At the age of 23, he wrote his first novel. Later he also wrote many dramas. He reached his height of popularity at the beginning of the 20th century.
His best-known work, Alt Heidelberg (Old Heidelberg in English) was adapted many times on film, and as the Sigmund Romberg operetta The Student Prince.
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