Hans Tolten
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Hans Tolten | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 April 1888 Berlin, German Empire |
| Died | 7 February 1943 Dorf Tirol near Merano, Italy |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Fiction, travel literature |
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Hans Tolten (19 April 1888 – 7 February 1943) was a German writer. His works include narratives concerning South America, particularly life, nature and agriculture in Argentina and Paraguay.[1]
Life
Hans Tolten was born in Berlin on 19 April 1888. According to the Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon, he emigrated to Brazil with his parents during his childhood. He subsequently worked in several occupations, including as a cattle farmer, cotton planter, and prospector for gold, platinum and precious stones. He returned to Germany and had lived there since 1927.[1]
The same reference describes Tolten as an Erzähler (narrator/story writer) and lists several of his publications.[1]
Tolten died on 7 February 1943 in Dorf Tirol near Merano.[1]
Literary work
Tolten wrote several books drawing on experiences and settings associated with South America. His bibliography includes Die Herden Gottes. Menschen und Tiere in Urwald und Kamp, Kampf um die Wildnis. Die letzten Tage einer Rasse, Die Wälder der Hoffnung. Eine Erzählung aus Paraguay, and Mit uns wandert die Heimat.[1]
Die Herden Gottes and Njandú
Die Herden Gottes. Menschen und Tiere in Urwald und Kamp was published by Rütten & Loening. A shorter work entitled Njandú. Von Menschen und Tieren auf einer deutschen Farm in Argentinien consisted of material extracted from Die Herden Gottes.[1]
Njandú was reviewed in the Dutch educational journal Levende Talen in 1938. The reviewer, M. G. Biegman, described it as an account of life on a large farm in Argentina and recommended it for German-speaking schoolchildren.[2]
The following year, Biegman reviewed the larger edition of Die Herden Gottes in Levende Talen. The review described the book as a depiction of the lives of farmers in Argentina and noted that Tolten had experienced this environment during his youth. It also discussed the work's descriptions of South American nature, including insects and birds.[3]
The 1938 volume of Levende Talen also contains a bibliographical index listing Tolten's Njandú and identifying W. Kaper as its reviewer.[4]
Kampf um die Wildnis
Kampf um die Wildnis. Die letzten Tage einer Rasse was published by Rütten & Loening. A 1942 edition published in Potsdam is held in the digital repository of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The catalogue identifies Hans Tolten (1888–1943) as the author and records the edition as a 325-page German-language book.[5]
A 1942 Czech translation, Boj o divočinu, was published in Prague by Rudolf Škeřík as volume 148 of the Symposion series. The catalogue of the South Bohemian Research Library identifies the author as Hans Tolten, 1888–1943, and records the Czech edition as 268 pages.[6]
The Czech library catalogue describes the novel as a story set during the "cotton fever" in Argentina.[6]
Other works
The Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon lists Die Wälder der Hoffnung. Eine Erzählung aus Paraguay (1936) and Mit uns wandert die Heimat (1937) among Tolten's works.[1]
A surviving 1937 edition of Mit uns wandert die Heimat is catalogued as a German-language novel published in Berlin by Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft and comprising approximately 350 pages.[7]
The work is also recorded by antiquarian book catalogues as a 1937 publication by Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, Berlin, in an edition of approximately 350 pages.[8]
Bibliography
The following works are listed for Tolten in the Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon:[1]
- Die Herden Gottes. Menschen und Tiere in Urwald und Kamp (1934)
- Njandú. Von Menschen und Tieren auf einer deutschen Farm in Argentinien (excerpt from Die Herden Gottes)
- Kampf um die Wildnis. Die letzten Tage einer Rasse (1935)
- Die Wälder der Hoffnung. Eine Erzählung aus Paraguay (1936)
- Mit uns wandert die Heimat (1937)
- Im Reich des Jaguars. Eine abenteuerliche Erzählung
The dates above refer to works or editions as listed in the Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon and should not necessarily be interpreted as the date of every surviving edition.[1]
Reception and archival records
The continued presence of Tolten's books in national and research-library catalogues also documents the survival and bibliographical transmission of his works. The 1942 German edition of Kampf um die Wildnis, for example, is preserved in a research-library digital repository, while the 1942 Czech translation is recorded by the South Bohemian Research Library.[5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Tolten, Hans". Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. 23. De Gruyter. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ Biegman, M. G. (1938). "Hans Tolten, Njandú. Von Menschen und Tieren auf einer deutschen Farm in Argentinien". Levende Talen: 170. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ Biegman, M. G. (1939). "Hans Tolten, Die Herden Gottes. Menschen und Tiere in Urwald und Kamp". Levende Talen: 405. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ "Register, Levende Talen. Jaargang 1938". Levende Talen. 1938. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Kampf um die Wildnis: die letzten Tage einer Rasse". Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Boj o divočinu". Jihočeská vědecká knihovna. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ "Mit uns wandert die Heimat. Roman". Poliart. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ "Mit uns wandert die Heimat – Roman". Buchfreund. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
External links
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- 1938 review of Njandú in Levende Talen
- 1939 review of Die Herden Gottes in Levende Talen
- 1942 edition of Kampf um die Wildnis in the Digital Repository of Scientific Institutes
- Library record for the Czech translation Boj o divočinu
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