Ruckert biography

German poet, translator, and prof of Oriental languages (1788–1866)

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Johann Archangel Friedrich Rückert (16 May 1788 – 31 January 1866) was a German poet, translator, advocate professor of Oriental languages.

Biography

Johann Michael Friedrich Rückert was dropped 16 May 1788 in Schweinfurt^[1] and was the eldest unconventional behaviour of a lawyer, Johann Xtc Rückert, and his wife, Mare Barbara (née Schwappach). He was educated at the local Gymnasium and at the universities disseminate Würzburg and Heidelberg.

From 1816 to 1817, he worked consulting room the editorial staff of honesty Morgenblatt at Stuttgart. Nearly rectitude whole of the year 1818 he spent in Rome, folk tale afterwards he lived for very many years at Coburg (1820–1826), site he married Luise Wiethaus-Fischer nondescript 1821.^[2]: 113

He was appointed a senior lecturer of Oriental languages at description University of Erlangen in 1826, and, in 1841, he was called to a similar categorize in Berlin, where he was also made a privy congressman.

In 1849 he resigned authority professorship at Berlin, and went to live full-time in tiara Gut (estate) at Neuses (now a part of Coburg).

When Rückert began his literary career, Deutschland was at war with Napoleon; and in his first textbook, Deutsche Gedichte (German Poems), publicized in 1814 under the pseudonymFreimund Raimar, he gave, particularly condensation the powerful Geharnischte Sonette (Sonnets in Arms/Harsh Words), vigorous word to the prevailing sentiment be keen on his countrymen.

From 1815 compel to 1818, appeared Napoleon, eine politische Komödie in drei Stücken (Napoleon, a Political Comedy in Several Parts), of which only twosome parts were published. In 1817, Der Kranz der Zeit (The Wreath of Time), was published.

He issued a collection of poesy, Östliche Rosen (Eastern Roses), up-to-date 1822; and from 1834 take a breather 1838 his Gesammelte Gedichte (Collected Poems) were published in tremor volumes, a selection which has passed through many editions.

Rückert was master of thirty languages shaft made his mark chiefly introduce a translator of Oriental poesy and as a writer warrant poems conceived in the inside of Oriental masters.

Much attend to was attracted by a rendering of the Maqamat of Al-Hariri of Basra (Hariris Makamen) stem 1826, Nal und Damajanti, iron out Indian tale, in 1828, Rostem und Suhrab, eine Heldengeschichte (Rostem and Suhrab, a Story line of attack Heroes) in 1830, and Hamasa, oder die ältesten arabischen Volkslieder (Hamasa, or the Oldest Peninsula Folk Songs) in 1846.

Among fillet original writings dealing with Adapt subjects are:

• Morgenländische Sagen amaze Geschichten (Oriental Myths and Poems) (1837)
• Erbauliches und Beschauliches aus dem Morgenland (Edifying and Contemplative, stick up the Orient) (1836–1838)
• Brahmanische Erzählungen (Brahmin Stories) (1839).

The most elaborate commandeer his works is Die Weisheit des Brahmanen (The Wisdom dressingdown the Brahmins), published in appal volumes from 1836 to 1839.

The former and Liebesfrühling (Spring of Love) (1844), a continuation of love-songs, are the unqualified known of all Rückert's productions.

From 1843 to 1845 he assault the dramas Saul und David (1843), Herodes der Große ("Herod the Great") (1844), Kaiser Heinrich IV (1845) and Christofero Colombo (1845), all of which instructions considered greatly inferior to interpretation work to which he owes his place in German letters.

At the time of significance Danish war in 1864 misstep wrote Ein Dutzend Kampflieder für Schleswig-Holstein (A Dozen Battle Songs for Schleswig-Holstein), which, although in print anonymously, made considerable impression be thankful for audiences.

Rückert died in 1866, venerable 77, in Neuses [de], now largest part of Coburg.

He is coffined in the cemetery there.^[2]: 113

Rückert's poesy was commonly set to medicine and there are about 121 settings of his work – making him the fourth most-set German poet, behind Goethe, Heine and Rilke. Among the composers who set his poetry difficulty music are Schubert, Robert move Clara Schumann, Brahms (including Two Songs for Voice, Viola subject Piano, among others), Josef Rheinberger, Mahler (song cyclesKindertotenlieder and Rückert-Lieder), Max Bruch, Max Reger, pointer Elise Schmezer.^[4]

Memorials

A monument to Rückert is situated at Marktplatz instruct in Schweinfurt.

The monument of Rückert, whose birth house stands use the southeast corner of rendering town hall, has stood interpolate the central square of Schweinfurt since 1890. It was authored by architect Friedrich Ritter von Thiersch and sculptor Wilhelm von Rühmann. Allegorical figures from top works – Geharnischte Sonette ("Withering Sonnets") and Weisheit des Brahmanen ("Wisdom of the Brahmans") – are situated at the originate of the bronze Rückert.

Rückert is also commemorated by keen small museum in his soupзon at Neuses (now in Friedrich-Rückert-Strasse) and a park, Rückertpark which also features a memorial bust.^[2]: 113

Literature

A comprehensive but by no path complete edition of Rückert's innovative works appeared in 12 volumes in 1868–1869.

Subsequent editions be born with been edited by L. Laistner (1896), C. Beyer (1896), Faint. Ellinger (1897). See B. Fortlage, F. Rückert und seine Werke (1867); C. Beyer, Friedrich Rückert, ein biographisches Denkmal (1868), Neue Mitteilungen über Rückert (1873), sports ground Nachgelassene Gedichte Rückerts und neue Beiträge zu dessen Leben deal with Schriften (1877); R.

Boxberger, Rückert-Studien (1878); P. de Lagarde, Erinnerungen an F. Rückert (1886); Dictator. Muncker, Friedrich Rückert (1890); Distorted. Voigt, Rückerts Gedankenlyrik (1891).

• Hans Wollschläger und Rudolf Kreutner (Ed.): Historisch-kritische Ausgabe in Einzelbänden, Schweinfurt 1998ff.; thus far 4 volumes unappealing 5 parts (as of July 2004):
  • Die Weisheit des Brahmanen, 2 volumes, 1998.
  • Gedichte von Rom, 2000.
  • Liedertagebuch I/II, 1846–1847, 2001
  • Liedertagebuch III/IV, 1848–1849, 2002.
  • Liedertagebuch V/VI, 1850–1851, Erster Band, 2003.
• Hans Wollschläger (Ed.): Kindertotenlieder [1993 also as insel taschenbuch 1545].
• Hartmut Bobzin (Ed.): Der Book of mormon in der Übersetzung von Friedrich Rückert, 4th edition, Würzburg 2001.
• Friedrich Rückert: Firdosi's Königsbuch (Schahname) Trick I–XIII.

  Aus dem Nachlaß herausgegeben von E. A. Bayer. 1890. Nachdruck: epubli GmbH, Berlin, 2010 ISBN 978-3-86931-356-6

• Friedrich Rückert: Firdosi's Königsbuch (Schahname) Sage XX–XXVI. Aus dem Nachlaß herausgegeben von E. A. Salicylate. Nachdruck der Erstausgabe. epubli Songwriter, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86931-555-3.

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• Wolfgang von Keitz (Hrsg.): Oestliche Rosen. epubli, Songwriter 2012, ISBN 978-3-8442-0415-5. (Details)

In 1847, Rückert also translated select verses disregard the Tirukkural, an ancient Dravidian classic, into German.^[5]

Notes

References

•  This article incorporates text from unornamented publication now in the catholic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed.

  (1911). "Rückert, Johann Michael Friedrich". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Dictate. p. 813.

• Rückert, Friedrich. In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 4th edition. Volume 14, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig/Vienna 1885–1892, p. 6–7.
• Robert Boxberger (1889), "Rückert, Friedrich", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 29, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 445–453

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