Author. He was a German author as well as a narrator, dramatist, poet and editor. His most famous poem was "Have Sunshine in Your Heart," which has been translated in various languages and was used for lyrics by several composers. At times, he was published under the name of C.F. Stuart. Born the son of a military officer, he finished his butcher's apprenticeship and worked in that profession for a time. He studied at the Fredrick Williams University in Berlin, along with colleges in Heidelberg, Zurich, Leipzig, Freiburg, before earning his PhD. His first collection of poems, "Nachtschatten," was published in 1884, and he published in 1918 a collection of poems "Home and World." With being credited for six collections of poems, his final collection, "Mandolinchen, Organ Grinder and Cuckoo," was published posthumously in 1921. In 1905 he published the novel "Jost Seyfried," which was written like a diary. He is credited with five theatrical dramas. He moved to Berlin in 1890, where he was responsible from 1896 to 1900 for the art magazine "Pan." He developed a philosophy of art on his own. He wrote at least one poem in the Upper German language of the Swabian dialect. An oil-on-canvas piece showing his profile, "The Poet Caesar Flaischlen at the Desk," was painted by Heinrich Eduard Linde Walther in 1912. In 1905 he married Edith Klapp.
Author. He was a German author as well as a narrator, dramatist, poet and editor. His most famous poem was "Have Sunshine in Your Heart," which has been translated in various languages and was used for lyrics by several composers. At times, he was published under the name of C.F. Stuart. Born the son of a military officer, he finished his butcher's apprenticeship and worked in that profession for a time. He studied at the Fredrick Williams University in Berlin, along with colleges in Heidelberg, Zurich, Leipzig, Freiburg, before earning his PhD. His first collection of poems, "Nachtschatten," was published in 1884, and he published in 1918 a collection of poems "Home and World." With being credited for six collections of poems, his final collection, "Mandolinchen, Organ Grinder and Cuckoo," was published posthumously in 1921. In 1905 he published the novel "Jost Seyfried," which was written like a diary. He is credited with five theatrical dramas. He moved to Berlin in 1890, where he was responsible from 1896 to 1900 for the art magazine "Pan." He developed a philosophy of art on his own. He wrote at least one poem in the Upper German language of the Swabian dialect. An oil-on-canvas piece showing his profile, "The Poet Caesar Flaischlen at the Desk," was painted by Heinrich Eduard Linde Walther in 1912. In 1905 he married Edith Klapp.
Bio by: Linda Davis
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Marker is a large boulder with just his name
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