Edmund Hoefer
Edmund Hoefer (15 October 1819, in Greifswald – 22 May 1882, in Cannstatt) was a leading German novelist of the second half of the 19th century and a noted literary historian. Biography. After graduating from a gymnasium in 1839, he studied philology and history at the universities of Greifswald, Heidelberg and Berlin. He began to write fiction early in life, his first stories appearing in collected form under the title "From the People" ("Aus dem Volk"; Stuttgart, 1852), and proving very popular. They were followed by: Of his longer works, the most notable were: