Putlitz, Gustav Heinrich Ganz zu

Gustav Heinrich Gans Edler Herr von und zu Putlitz is a German Author and Theatre Manager.

1821 - Born 20th of March at Retzien near Perleberg in West Prignitz.

1846-1848 - Studied law at Berlin and Heidelberg, and served the provincial government at Magdeburg.

1850-1870 - Wrote a volume of romantic stories, Was sich der Wald erzahlt (1850), which attained great popularity (fifty editions).

1859-1870 - Wrote the notably Badekuren (1859); Das Herz vergessen (1853); and Spielt nicht mit dem Feuer! (1887), while of his narratives Die Alpenbraut (1870) and Walpurgis (1870).

1856-1863 - Married Gräfin Elisabeth von Königsmark, and lived on his estate when he became director of the Court theatre at Schwerin.

1872-1877 - Ausgewählte Werke, was published in six volumes in Berlin and and a supplementary volume in 1888.

1851-1860 - Lustspiele, appeared in two series of four volumes each (1851-1860 and 1869-1872).

1890 - Putlitz died 5th of September.