Wilhelm Raabe

Wilhelm Karl Raabe (1831–1910) was a German writer and narrator associated with poetic realism. He was born on 8 September 1831 in Eschershausen near Brunswick and died on 15 November 1910 in Brunswick. After an unfinished apprenticeship as a bookseller, he studied in Berlin and subsequently worked as a freelance writer in Wolfenbüttel, Stuttgart, and Brunswick. In 1856, he published his first novel, “The Chronicle of Sperlingsgasse,” under the pseudonym Jacob Corvinus. His best-known works include “Der Hungerpastor” (1864), “Stopfkuchen” (1891), and “Die Akten des Vogelsangs” (1896).