Joseph Victor von Scheffel is remembered for writing that changed what came after it.
The record lists Joseph Victor von Scheffel as German poet and novelist (1826-1886).
Joseph Victor von Scheffel was born at Karlsruhe in 1826. His recorded nationality is Grand Duchy of Baden. He was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Heidelberg University.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
He worked as poet, writer and poet lawyer.
The writing is recorded in German.
Reputation in letters is unusually volatile: writers are forgotten for a generation and then recovered by one.
That the work was written from Grand Duchy of Baden matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Joseph Victor von Scheffel died in 1886, aged 60. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
