Christian Winther (writer)

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Christian Winther

Christian Winther (full name: Rasmus Villads Christian Ferdinand Winther ; born July 29, 1796 in Fensmark near Næstved , † December 30, 1876 in Paris , France ) was a Danish writer . He was best known for his poems and songs, some of which became folk songs . But he also published prose .

biography

Winther was born as the son of pastor Hans Christian Winther and his wife Johanne Dorothea Borchsenius in Fensmark on Zealand . After her husband died in 1808, Winther's mother married Rasmus Møller in 1812 , who was a pastor in Købelev and later became a bishop. Møller brought two sons into the marriage, Hans Ulrik and Poul Martin , who also became a writer. Winther and his stepbrothers already knew each other and were friends. They attended the same school, a high school in Nykøbing Falster . Winther was above all linguistically and musically gifted. He played the violin and wrote his first poems.

After graduating from school in 1815, he went to Copenhagen , where he studied theology, but did a lot of other things. For a while he tried to become an actor , he also worked as a teacher. Sometimes he lived again in Købelev, where he found more peace and quiet for his studies than in the capital Copenhagen. Winther's first publication also fell during his student days: the student song Her under Nathimlen's rolige Skygge from 1818 . However, since he was not convinced of his poetic abilities, it was his only publication for a long time. In 1824 he finally finished his studies.

The following year Winther was given a position as tutor to a wealthy family. He fell in love with one of the daughters and wrote love poems that appeared in magazines. In 1828 Winther published a collection of poems for the first time.

In 1829 Winthers uncle Rasmus died and he inherited part of his fortune. A few months later, in the spring of 1830, Winther's mother also died. From 1830 to 1831 Winther traveled in Germany, Switzerland and Italy, which was also made possible by his legacy. In Rome he met Ludvig Bødtcher , who became a good friend of his. On this trip he gathered a variety of impressions, dealt with Italian poetry, and planned an epic poem in German. However, this was never accomplished. Back in Denmark, Winther published several books of poetry and stories. Winther was supported by Conrad Peter Reichsgraf zu Rantzau during this time

In 1841 Winther was given the title of professor and he was sent to Neustrelitz by King Christian VIII to teach the future Crown Princess Caroline zu Mecklenburg in the Danish language . Even after Caroline's wedding to Crown Prince Friedrich , he remained the princess' teacher until 1842, now in Copenhagen and Odense .

In 1848 Winther married Julie Werliin , whom he had known since 1836. At that time, however, she was still married to her first husband, a Jutland pastor, from whom she separated in 1843. Winthers relationship with the still married Julie Werliin was also noticed in public. Winther dedicated his cycle of poems Til Een , published in 1843, to her

However, Winthers most important work is Hjortensflug , an epic poem in the style of the Nibelungenlied , which was also published in German in 1957 under the title Des Hirsches Flucht .

Christian Winther died at the age of 80 in the French capital Paris and was buried in Copenhagen's Holmens Kirkegård .

literature

  • Christian Winther. In: Vilhelm Østergaard: Illustreret dansk literary history. Danske Digtere i det 19de Aarhundrede. Copenhagen 1907, pp. 324-341 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  • Sigurd Müller: Kortfatt Dansk Literature History Til Brug I Skole Og Hjem. Copenhagen 1893.
  • Sven Hakon Rossel: A History of Danish Literature (= A history of Scandinavian literatures. 1). University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE 1992.

Web links

Commons : Christian Winther  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Sigurd Müller : Kortfatt Dansk Litteraturhistorie Til Brug I Skole Og Hjem. P. 195.
  2. ^ A b Winther, Christian. In: Horst Bien u. a. (Ed.): Meyers Taschenlexikon Northern European Literature. Leipzig 1978.
  3. ^ A. Jantzen: Møller, Rasmus . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 12 : Münch – Peirup . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1898, p. 97-99 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  4. ^ Vilhelm Østergaard: Illustreret dansk literary history. Danske Digtere i det 19de Aarhundrede. P. 326 f.
  5. ^ Vilhelm Østergaard: Illustreret dansk literary history. Danske Digtere i det 19de Aarhundrede. Pp. 327-330.
  6. ^ Vilhelm Østergaard: Illustreret dansk literary history. Danske Digtere i det 19de Aarhundrede. P. 330 f.
  7. ^ Eduard Maria Oettinger: History of the Danish Court Hamburg 1857, p. 266 ( books.google.de ).
  8. ↑ Hjördis Jahnecke: The width castle and its gardens in the course of centuries. Ludwig, Kiel 1999, ISBN 3-933598-01-X , p. 200.
  9. ^ Vilhelm Østergaard: Illustreret dansk literary history. Danske Digtere i det 19de Aarhundrede. P. 331 f.
  10. ^ Vilhelm Østergaard: Illustreret dansk literary history. Danske Digtere i det 19de Aarhundrede. P. 334 f.
  11. ^ Sven Hakon Rossel: A History of Danish Literature. P. 210.
  12. ↑ Winther, Christian. In: Dieter Krywalski (Hrsg.): Knaurs Lexikon der Weltliteratur. Munich 1979.
  13. ^ Sven Hakon Rossel: A History of Danish Literature. P. 212.
  14. ^ Vilhelm Østergaard: Illustreret dansk literary history. Danske Digtere i det 19de Aarhundrede. P. 336 f.
  15. ↑ Christian Winther's grave. knerger.de.
personal data
SURNAME Winther, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winther, Rasmus Villads Christian Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Fensmark
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1876
Place of death Paris