Luise Gottsched
Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched (née Kulmus; 11 April 1713 – 26 June 1762) was a German poet, playwright, essayist, and translator, and is often considered one of the founders of modern German theatrical comedy.
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Luise Gottsched
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- Full name
- Luise Adelgunde Victorie Kulmus.
- Born
- 1713. · Gdańsk.
- Died
- 1762. · Leipzig.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- poet, essayist, translator, playwright, writer and composer.
- Fields
- poetry.
- Languages
- French and German.
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She was born in Danzig (modern-day Gdańsk) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. She became acquainted with her husband, the poet and author Johann Christoph Gottsched, when she sent him some of her own works. He apparently was impressed, and a long correspondence eventually led to marriage. After marriage, Luise continued to write and publish, and was also her husband's faithful helper in his literary labours. Her uncle was the anatomist Johann Adam Kulmus.
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She wrote several popular comedies, including Das Testament, and translated The Spectator (9 volumes, 1739–1743), Alexander Pope's Rape of the Lock (1744) and other English and French works. After her death her husband edited her Sämtliche kleinere Gedichte with a memoir (1763).
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Adres wydawniczy: Wildpark-Potsdam: Athenaion, 1930 Opis fizyczny: [3], 394, [1] strona, [26] kart tablic: fotografie, ilustracje, portrety; 27 cm
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Die Tafel erinnert an den Standort des Wohnhauses von Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottschedin und Johann Christoph Gottsched in der Universitätsstraße in Leipzig
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1713
Luise Gottsched born at Gdańsk.
1762
Luise Gottsched died at Leipzig.
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- 1.Hilary Brown, Luise Gottsched the Translator (Camden House, 2012, ).
- 2.Becker-Cantarino, Barbara. German Literature of the Eighteenth Century: The Enlightenment and Sensibility. Boydell & Brewer. 2005-01-01. 9781571132468.
- 3.Luise K. Gottsched: A biography. Brown University.
- 4.EB9 wstitle=Gottsched, Johann Christoph volume=10
- 5.EB1911 wstitle=Gottsched, Johann Christoph volume=12 inline=1
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