Ludwig Thoma (German:[ˈluːt.vɪçˈtoː.ma]ⓘ; 21 January 1867 in Oberammergau – 26 August 1921 in Tegernsee) was a German author, publisher and editor, who gained popularity through his partially exaggerated description of everyday Bavarian life.
After graduation from the Imperial Latin School in Landstuhl (today: Sickingen- Gymnasium Landstuhl), he first studied Forestry in Aschaffenburg, then Law until 1893 in Munich and Erlangen. Subsequently, he settled down as a lawyer, at first in Dachau, later in Munich.
After 1899, he worked for the magazine Simplicissimus and published humorous narrations, comedies, novels and stories. Thoma satirized Bavarian rural and small-town life. His serious peasant novels Andreas Vöst (1905), Der Wittiber (1911), and Der Ruepp (1922), as well as his humorous collections Assessor Karlchen (1900), Lausbubengeschichten (Tales of a Rascal, 1904), and Tante Frieda (Aunt Frieda, 1906), are characterized by authenticity of regional language and life. Thoma's dramas, including Die Medaille (The Medal, 1901), Das Säuglingsheim (The Orphanage, 1913), and especially Moral (1908), reflect elements of folk theatre.
In 1907 he married 25-year-old Marietta di Rigardo, who was born in the Philippines. The marriage, however, did not last; Marietta was soon bored and by 1911 Thoma and Marietta were divorced. In the later years of his life, he wrote nationalistic propaganda agitating against left-wing politicians (e.g. for the newspaper Miesbacher Anzeiger).[1]
During World War I he served as a medical orderly. In July 1917 he joined the German Fatherland Party.
His best-known works are Der Münchner im Himmel (The Munich Man in Heaven), which was adapted into an animated short film released in 1962,[2] the Lausbubengeschichten (Tales of a Rascal) and Jozef Filsers Briefwexel (Jozef Filser's Letters). Lausbubengeschichten was made into a movie in 1964, also released in English under the title Tales of a Young Scamp [de].
LudwigThoma (German: [ˈluːt.vɪç ˈtoː.ma] ; 21 January 1867 in Oberammergau – 26 August 1921 in Tegernsee) was a German author, publisher and editor, who...
charged with "insulting a royal majesty." Again, in 1906, the editor LudwigThoma was imprisoned for six months for attacking the clergy. These controversies...
Brecht, Lion Feuchtwanger, Thomas Mann, Klaus Mann, Golo Mann, LudwigThoma, Michael Ende, Ludwig Aurbacher Scientists: Max Planck, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen,...
historical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs, starring Hansi Kraus as LudwigThoma, Heidelinde Weis and Rudolf Rhomberg. The script was provided by producer...
Maximilian Dasio (1865–1954) painter and medal engraver, died in the town. LudwigThoma (1867–1921) author, publisher and editor Alois Lang (1872–1954) immigrated...
regional influence, is preferred in the mass media.[citation needed] LudwigThoma was a noted German author who wrote works such as Lausbubengeschichten...
many executions, particularly by guillotine during the Nazi period. LudwigThoma, served a six-week prison sentence in 1906 for insulting the morality...
Meyrink, Rainer Maria Rilke, Isolde Kurz, LudwigThoma, Max Halbe, Annette Kolb, Stefan George, Karl Wolfskehl, Ludwig Klages, Roda Roda, Christian Morgenstern...
Richard Strauss (1864–1949), composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist LudwigThoma (1867–1921), writer Emerenz Meier (1874–1928), folk poet Franz Marc (1880–1916)...
includes Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann, Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, Rainer Maria Rilke, LudwigThoma, Fanny zu Reventlow, Oskar Panizza, Gustav Meyrink...
will start!" translation of Thoma speaking to Ludwig Crüwell while prisoners of war, 22 March 1943. After his capture, Thoma was taken directly to Trent...
Freiherr von Oppenheim (1860–1946), diplomat, orientalist and archaeologist LudwigThoma (1867–1921), writer Hans Carossa (1878–1956), doctor, known as a poet...
Birken 7: Justus-Liebig-Straße/Quellhöfe/Rückertweg 8: Leuschnerstraße/Ludwig-Thoma-Straße 9: Saas, originated from the parish village Saas, which was mentioned...
by LudwigThoma. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wolf Englert. Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Tante Frieda Hansi Kraus as LudwigThoma Gunther...
Witt, Elise Aulinger and Lore Frisch. It is based on several stories by LudwigThoma. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed...
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by notable Bavarian author LudwigThoma, frequently appearing in his novels and journal articles. It was superseded...
Stieler (1842–1885), jurist and poet; buried in the Tegernsee cemetery LudwigThoma (1867–1921), lived since 1908 in his house "Auf der Tuften" in Tegernsee...
in the war and was awarded the Iron Cross. In 1917 he and his friend LudwigThoma joined the far-right German Fatherland Party which was dissolved in the...
Dachau to Markt Indersdorf, which is also known as the Ludwig-Thoma-Bahn (after the author LudwigThoma), was opened on 8 July 1912. This branch line was extended...
Robert Schumann, composer and pianist, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg LudwigThoma, author, publisher and editor, Corps Suevia Munich Richard Wagner, composer...
semi-monthly cultural review, appeared in 1907. Its editors included LudwigThoma and Hermann Hesse. In April, 1909, he died from the effects of a severe...
the popular poet-author LudwigThoma published "Flügelmann Frank", an eighteen line three stanza poem on the death of Ludwig Frank. In 1924 Hedwig Wachenheim...
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