Bengt Lidner

Bengt Lidner (1757-1793)

Bengt Lidner (born March 16, 1757 in Gothenburg , † January 4, 1793 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish poet.

Life

He studied in Lund from 1774 to 1775 . There he indulged in a messy life, which is why he was sent to East India as a sailor in 1776 . However, he escaped at the Cape and studied in Greifswald from 1776–1779 . He then went to Stockholm and was employed in the war expedition in 1779. King Gustav III granted him a scholarship , which enabled him to travel to Göttingen in 1780 to study drama. After a year he had to flee from his debts and was appointed secretary of the Swedish embassy in Paris , where Lidner wrote his tragedy "Erik XIV" in 1781, but was soon sent back because of its poor performance in Stockholm. In 1787 he went to Finland , where he married and returned to Stockholm in 1789. He died there on January 4th, 1793 in extreme poverty.

Works

Lidner was a naturally gifted poet; but his poetry was untidy like his life, and his creations lack poise and character. Deserve emphasis a .:

• "Spastaras död" (1783)
• "Året 1783"
• "Yttersta domen"
• the opera "Medea"

The Swedish Academy erected a memorial to him at Adolf Fredriks Church in Stockholm. His "Samlade skrifter" appeared in many editions; the eighth appeared in 1878. A text-critical edition in four volumes was published from 1930–1992 by Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet .

Web links

Commons : Bengt Lidner  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Bengt Lidner in the catalog of the German National Library