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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Title, Analytic | Archetype of Novel Character Juernjakob Swehn discovered: US-Professor Receives the Johannes-Gillhoff Prize 2009 |
| Journal Title | German-American Genealogy |
| Date of Publication | Fall 2009 |
| Location in Work | 11 |
| Abstract | Knuth has identified a real person behind the character of Juernjakob Swehn, created by Johannes Gillhoff based on many letters written by students of his father who had emigrated from Mecklenburg to Iowa. Knuth points to a Carl Wiedow, a stable hand from the Griese Gegend as the man behind the pseudonym. He has published his findings in two books published in 2005: Auf den Spuren von Juernjakob Swehn oder wer hat die Briefe geschrieben? and Who Wrote Those Letters? In Search of Juernjakob Swehn. |
| Notes | (Immigrant Genealogical Society, Burbank, CA) |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Immigrants, German/ Germany, Emigration and immigration/ Letters/ Fiction/ Gillhoff, Johannes/ German Americans -- Iowa |