Christian Wernicke
Christian Wernicke , also: Wernigke , Warneck , Werneke (* in January 1661 in Elbing ; † September 5, 1725 in Copenhagen ) was a German epigrammatist and diplomat.
Life
Wernicke studied after school at Elbinger High School, where his teachers, the rector Friedrich Hoffmann was in Thorn from 1680 philosophy and poetry in Kiel under the famous philologist Daniel Georg Morhof . He then spent three years at the Mecklenburg court. He went on educational trips to Holland, France and England and finally moved to Hamburg in 1696 , where he lived as a private scholar. From 1714 to 1723 he was the Danish envoy in Paris.
Wernicke's clear, rational spelling contrasted with the spelling of his contemporaries such as Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau and Christian Heinrich Postel . His sharp-tongued epigrams were particularly popular. By Christian Friedrich Hunold he was even attacked in public. Wernicke was a member of the Pegnese Flower Order . His writings, which were only rediscovered by Johann Jakob Bodmer and published in 1749 , were praised primarily by Lessing and Herder .
Works (selection)
- Headings or epigrammata consisting of short satires, short eulogies and short moral teachings . Hamburg 1697 etc.
- A heroic poem called Hans Sachs . Altona 1702.
- Poetic attempt in a heroic poem and several shepherd poems, but mostly consisting of headings . Hamburg 1704.
literature
- Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Christian Wernicke . In: Personalbibliographien zu den Druck des Barock , Vol. 6. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7772-9305-9 , pp. 4268-4271 (list of works and literature).
- Julius Elias : Christian Wernicke . Dissertation, Munich 1888.
- Dietrich Neufeld: Christian Wernicke and the literary verse satire in the first half of the 18th century . Dissertation, Jena 1922.
- Hans Georg Schwark: Christian Wernicke, poet and diplomat from Elbing . (= Elbinger Hefte, Vol. 33). Truso-Verlag, Bremerhaven 1974.
- Erich Schmidt : Wernicke, Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, pp. 90-92.
- Karl Richter (ed.): Enlightenment and storm and stress . (= Poems and interpretations, vol. 2). Reclam, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-15-007891-1 , p. 23f.
Web links
- Publications by and about Christian Wernicke in VD 17 .
- Literature by and about Christian Wernicke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Digitized prints by Christian Wernicke in the catalog of the Herzog August Library
- Works by Christian Wernicke at Zeno.org .
- Poems by Wernicke at gedichtepool.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wernicke, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wernigke; Warneck; Werneke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German epigrammatist and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1661 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elblag |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1725 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |