Heinrich Spoerl

Heinrich Christian Johann Spoerl
Heinrich Christian Johann Spoerl
Born	February 8, 1887; Düsseldorf, German Empire
Died	August 25, 1955 (aged 68); Rottach-Egern, Germany
Occupation	Lawyer, Writer
Known for	Humorous novels, the majority of which was later adapted for film

Heinrich Spoerl (German: [ˈhaɪ̯n.ʁɪç ˈʃpœʁl] (listen); 1887–1955) was a German author.

Biography

Heinrich Christian Johann Spoerl was born on 8 February 1887 in Düsseldorf where he also grew up. He studied jurisprudence in Marburg, Berlin and Munich and was a solicitor in Düsseldorf from 1919 till 1937. He became a full-time writer in 1937 when he moved to Berlin which he left in 1941 to move to Bavaria. He took up law again from 1945 till 1948. He died on 25 August 1955 in Rottach-Egern.

Spoerl wrote a number of humorous novels and comedies, most of which were made into films:

Die Feuerzangenbowle, 1933
Wenn wir alle Engel wären, 1936
Der Maulkorb, 1936
Der Gasmann, 1940
Die Hochzeitsreise, 1946
Die weisse Weste, 1946

References

dtv-Lexikon, Band 17, Munich 1970, p. 203

External links

Works by Heinrich Spoerl at Faded Page (Canada)

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