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The Winter of Weinau

A novel by Ottmar Rusk, published 21 January 1893. Awarded the Varrant Prize for Literature.

The work

  • A comic novel about a calendar licensee.
  • 507 pages. Published at Vellhausen.

A novel, entered as work no. 1011. The first edition was set and printed under licence; later editions are noted in the catalogue where they differ.

The prize

1 December 1893, Vellmar: Ottmar Rusk wins the Varrant Prize for Literature for The Winter of Weinau. Report.

The creator

Ottmar Rusk, farmer, born 31 December 1845 at Dammberg; died 19 August 1913. The register gives the creator's occupation as farmer, which is not the occupation the work suggests; the register is not concerned with what it suggests.