Christian Gryphius

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Christian Gryphius (born September 29, 1649 in Fraustadt , today Wschowa ; † March 6, 1706 in Breslau ) was a German pedagogue and school dramatist .

Life

Shortly after the end of the Thirty Years' War , Christian was born in Fraustadt as the eldest son of the great Baroque poet Andreas Gryphius and his wife Rosina, née Deutschländer. In contrast to other sons of great fathers, he avoided following in his father's footsteps, but instead created his own career in which, according to Erdmann Neumeister, he “rose even higher than his noble father”. He completed a philological degree in Gotha , Jena and Strasbourg and in 1674 was appointed professor for Greek and Latin at the Elisabethgymnasium in Breslau , where he achieved a high reputation as a teacher in twelve years. In 1686 he followed a call as rector of the Maria Magdalenen- Grammar school , where he also took over the management of the library from 1699.

In addition to occasional poems, a number of extensive learned works and school dramas were created here. As editor , he edited an increased new edition of the works of his father Andreas Gryphius as well as the first complete edition of the works of the baroque poet Hans Assmann Freiherr von Abschatz . A far-reaching exchange of letters connected him with many scholars of his time. He died in Wroclaw in 1706 until he was in office.

Works (selection)

  • Kurtzer draft of the religious and secular knight orders. Leipzig 1697
  • Poetic forests. Wroclaw 1698
  • Age differentiated in the German language and gradually increasing growth. Wroclaw 1708

literature

  • Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Christian Gryphius (1649-1706) . In: Personal bibliographies on Baroque prints . Volume 3. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7772-9105-6 , pp. 1884-1912 (list of works and references)
  • Dietrich Eggers: The evaluation of German language and literature in the German school act of Christian Gryphius. Meisenheim 1967
  • Paul Moser: Christian Gryphius. Wuerzburg 1936
  • Hermann Palm:  Gryphius, Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 81.
  • [Entry] Christian Gryphius. In: " Heinz Ludwig Arnold (Hrsg.):" Kindlers Literatur Lexikon . "3rd, completely revised edition. 18 vols. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2009, ISBN 978-3-476-04000-8 , vol. 6, pp. 578-679.
  • Dietmar Peil: The proverb in the school act of Christian Gryphius . Proverbium 30: 227-253, 2013.

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personal data
SURNAME Gryphius, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue and school dramatist
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1649
PLACE OF BIRTH Fraustadt , today Wschowa
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1706
Place of death Wroclaw