The New International Encyclopædia/Voss, Richard
VOSS,  (1851—). A German author,
born at Neugrape, in Pommerania. He studied
at Jena and Munich, and in 1884 became librarian
of the Wartburg. His best known dramas are:
Pater Modestus, dealing with the problem of religion
(1882); Alexandra (1886); Brigitta (1887);
Eva, patterned after Ibsen's Nora (1889);
Schuldig (1890); Zwischen zwei Herzen (1896);
and Die Patrizierin, a classical drama, which
won the Schiller prize in 1896. His novels
include: Die Sabinerin, remarkable for its beautiful
descriptions of Italian country (1890); Villa
Falconieri, the story of a successful poet who
lost confidence in his powers (1896); Amata, a
story of Rome in Nero's time (1901); and
Römisches Fieber (1902).