Sudermann

[ zoo-duh r-mahn ]

/ ˈzu dərˌmɑn /

Her·mann

[her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/,1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.

QUIZZES

Do you study our Words of the Day with great assiduity? See how many you remember from March 30 to April 5!

Question 1 of 7

transliterate

The best thing about the novel is that it once more illustrates Sudermann's sympathy for the outcast and the despised.
Essays on Modern Novelists|William Lyon Phelps
With less success Sudermann attempted in Johannes a tragedy on lines suggested by Hebbel.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7|Various
In the pastor Sudermann attempts to paint the altruist in action.
Iconoclasts|James Huneker
It would seem that Sudermann was again attacked by his doubting mania.
Iconoclasts|James Huneker

Sudermann is still Klingsor, the evoker of artificial figures, not the poet who creates living men and women.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker