Edwin Bormann

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[[File:GedenktafelGeorgBötticherEdwinBormann.JPG|thumb|<center>Memorial plaque for Edwin Bormann at the Old Town Hall in Leipzig</center>]]

'''Edwin Bormann''' (14 April 1851 – 3 May 1912) was a German writer. He also published under the pseudonym "Bliemchen".

== Life ==
Borman was born in Leipzig. After he had to abandon architectural studies begun in 1867 at the [[Dresden University of Technology]] for health reasons, he studied Natural Sciences, History of Art, Germanistics and philosophy at the [[University of Leipzig]] and the [[Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn]] from 1869 to 1875 . He then returned to his home town of Leipzig, where he founded his own publishing house in 1888 to publish his works. In 1909, together with [[Georg Bötticher]] and [[Arthur von Oettingen]], he founded the artists' association ''''<ref>free after [[Leonids]], a meteor stream</ref>, which donated a plaque to him and Bötticher at the [[New Town Hall (Leipzig)|New Town Hall]] in 1918. For decades, he was a contributor to the satirical-humorous German weekly magazine ''[[Fliegende Blätter]]''.<ref>[https://ift.tt/3p6E3yL Edwin Bormann] on OMNIA</ref>

== Work ==
Bormann emerged above all as an [[Upper Saxon German]] dialect poet. In addition, he wrote poem collages such as his ''Schilleressenz'', in which he assembled quotations into a new text in the manner of the [[Cento (poetry)|Cento]] quotations into a new text. The title of his book ''Jedes Thierchen hat sein Pläsierchen'' entered the German treasure trove of quotations.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2NdDTs2 Bormann, Edwin/Librettist] on IMSLP</ref>

In several publications, he also advocated the so-called ''Shakespeare-Bacon theory'', which considers [[Francis Bacon]] to be the author of the works published under the name of the actor [[William Shakespeare]]. In contrast to other proponents of the theory, he tried - by his own admission - to prove it by showing an ''indissoluble connection'' between Shakespeare's poetry and Bacon's scientific-philosophical works. Thus, he argued, ''[[The Tempest]]'' was a parable for Bacon's natural philosophy, ''[[King Lear]]'' for economics and ''[[Hamlet]]'' for anthropology.

Bormann died in Leipzig at the age of 62 and is buried at the [[Friedenspark]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/3tJfrzK Bormann]on Find a grave</ref>

== Publications (selection) ==
* ''[[Reineke Fuchs]] (Freie Nachdichtung des niederdeutschen Reinke de Vos.)''. Flemming, Glogau 1881 (together with and [[Fedor Flinzer]]).
* ''De Säck'sche Schweiz un das geliebde Dräsen. Vaterländsche Reim- un Farwen-Boesien''. Fischer, Leipzig 1891.
* ''Leipz'ger Lerchen''. Neie Boesieen von ännen alden Leibz`ger. Edwin Bormann`s Selbstverlag Leipzig Erscheinungsjahr 1893, 160 pages.
* ''Das Shakespeare-Geheimniss''.<ref>[https://ift.tt/3qddvxq ''Das Shakespeare-Geheimniss''] on WorldCat</ref> Bormann, Leipzig 1894.
* ''Der Anekdotenschatz Bacon-Shakespeare's. Heiter-ernsthafte Selbstbekenntnisse des Dichter-Gelehrten''. Bormann Selbstverlag, Leipzig, 1895.
* ''S Buch von Klabberstorche'', o. J.
* ''Der historische Beweis der Bacon-Shakespeare-Theorie.'' Bormann, Leipzig 1897.
* ''Wenn Gedhe und Schiller gemiethlich sin. Ä klassischer Lorbeerkranz''. Selbstverlag, Leipzig 1899.
* ''Die Kunst des Pseudonyms. 12 literarhistorisch-bibliographische Essays.'' Bormann Selbstverlag, Leipzig 1901.
* ''Francis Bacon’s Reim-Geheimschrift und ihre Enthüllungen''. Self-published, Leipzig 1906.

== Further reading ==
* Matthias C. Hänselmann: ''Das deutsche Mundart-Sonett im 19. Jahrhundert. Entstehung, Entwicklung und Kontexte einer unmöglichen Gedichtform.''<ref>[https://ift.tt/370C4G1 ''Das deutsche Mundart-Sonett im 19. Jahrhundert : Entstehung, Entwicklung und Kontexte einer unmöglichen Gedichtform''] on worldCat</ref> Heidelberg 2020, .
* Fedor Bochow: [https://ift.tt/3707LPJ Bormann, [August Edwin (pseudonym: Bliemchen)]. In (ed.): ''[[Sächsische Biografie]]''.
* Adolph Kohut: ''Heitere Lieder aus Rügen mit ungedruckten humoristischen Gedichten von Edwin Bormann''. Claudius, Wandsbek in Holstein 1911
* [[Adolph Kohut]]: ''Sächsische Humoristen, vol. 1: Edwin Bormann''. In ''Der Leipziger. Illustrierte Wochenschrift'', vol. 2 (1907), SA. 61–73.
* Karlheinz Merkel: ''Das Lob auf die Spitze gestellt. Edwin Bormann 1851–1912''. In ''Waldstrassenviertel. Publikationsreihe von "PRO Leipzig"'', vol. 9 (1996), .
* [[Richard Paul Wülker]]: ''Edwin Bormann's Shakespeare-Geheimnis''. In ''Mitteilungen aus dem gesammten Gebiete der englischen Sprache und Litteratur'', Jg. 5 (1894/95), issue 3/4.
* ''Bormann, Edwin''. In ''Deutsches Literaturlexikon'' 1, pp. 802ff.

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* [https://ift.tt/2Z2TWMk Kurzbiographie Bormanns mit Wiedergabe seiner Schilleressenz]





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[[Category:1851 births]]
[[Category:1912 deaths]]
[[Category:Writers from Leipzig]]

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