Christoph Kormart

Christoph Kormart (born July 22, 1644 in Leipzig , † February 23, 1701 in Dresden ) was a German writer and translator of the Baroque period .

Life

Kormart was the son of one of the earliest German newspaper publishers who had made it a name in Leipzig. Raised by private tutors, he enrolled in Wittenberg in 1660 at the age of 16 and was probably one of August Buchner's last students. In his native Leipzig, he apparently continued his studies up to a master's degree in philosophy , as a disputation in 1665, which names him as Praeses, shows. At this point, however, he decided to switch to law and enrolled in Strasbourg in 1670 without completing his studies. As a legal advisor he tried from 1670 to find a livelihood in Dresden until he was able to do his doctorate in Jena in 1678 as a doctor of both rights.

His most extensive work is without a doubt the German version of La Calprenède's baroque colossal novel Statira with well over 4,000 pages, but his other translations from French and Dutch also experienced z. T. many editions.

Works (selection)

• (Transl.) Pieter Cornelis van den Hoven: Consideratien van Staat or Politische WagSchale. Leipzig 1669
• (Translator) Pierre Corneille : Poleuctus or Christian Martyr . Leipzig 1669
• (Transl.) Joost van den Vondel : Maria Stuart , or Martyred Majesty. Hall 1672
• (Ed.) François de La Rochefoucauld : Mémoires. Dresden 1678
• (Translator) Thomas Corneille : The unknown lover or beloved enemy Timocrates. Dresden 1683
• (Transl.) Gaulthier de la Calprenède: The most serene Kayserin Statira or Cassandra. 4 vols. Leipzig 1685–87 (2nd edition in 5 vols. Leipzig 1689–1701)
• (Translator) Nicolas Venette: Tableau de l'Amour. Secrets of chaste lovers. Dresden 1690

Literature (selection)

• Abram Friesen: The Kormarts and Schochs Theater . Dissertation Mainz 1958
• Wilhelm Johannes: Christoph Kormart as translator of French and Dutch dramas. Diss. Berlin 1892
• Percival Hugh Powell: Pierre Corneilles' Dramas in German Adaptations. Emsdetten 1939 (originally Diss. Rostock)
• Walther Killy (Ed.): Literature Lexicon. Authors and works in German (15 volumes). Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1988–1991 (CD-ROM: Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 )

List of works and references

• Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Christoph Kormart (1644–1701). In: Personal bibliographies on Baroque prints. Vol. 4. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1991, pp. 2415-24. ISBN 3-7772-9122-6

literature

• Kormart, Christoph. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 15, Leipzig 1737, column 1522.

Web links

• Literature by and about Christoph Kormart in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Christoph Kormart  in the German Digital Library
• Publications by and about Christoph Kormart in VD 17 .