Friedrich Adolph Kuhn
Friedrich Adolph Kuhn (born September 2, 1774 in Dresden ; † July 29, 1844 there ) was a German poet and translator.
Life
Born into a family of civil servants, he attended high school in Freiberg and studied from 1793 at the University of Wittenberg the law . In addition, he began to develop his literary inclination, made the acquaintance of Novalis and Theodor Hell . In 1797 he went to the University of Jena , where he attended the lectures of Johann Gottlieb Fichte and approached the romantic movement.
Following his studies, he returned to Dresden as a lawyer and took an active part in the cultural and political life in the city. As a poet, he published his poems in magazines and yearbooks, which appeared in an anthology in 1820. When his magnum opus his translation is one of the most significant works of Portuguese literature - "Os Lusíadas" (the Luisaden) - from Luís de Camões of 1572. He dedicated this work to the politician Friedrich Wilhelm August Carl von Bose .
In 1833/34 and 1836/37 he was deputy member of the City of Dresden in the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament .
Works (selection)
- as an author
- Poems . Göschen Verlag, Leipzig 1820.
- The mother and her sons. A poem . Göschen Verlag, Leipzig 1816.
- as translator
- Luisades ("Os Lusíadas", 1572). Leipzig 1802 (extract from the Lusiade ).
- The Luisade des Camoens . Weidmann Verlag, Leipzig 1807 (translated from Portuguese into German Ottavereime online edition Vienna 1816 - Internet Archive ).
literature
- Walther Killy (Ed.): Literature Lexicon. Authors and works of German language. (15 volumes). Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlage, Gütersloh and Munich 1988–1991 (CD-ROM: Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 )
- Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld: Kuhn, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 338 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History. Presidents and members of parliament from 1833 to 1952. Verlag des Sächsisches Landtag, Dresden 2001, p. 111.
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SURNAME | Kuhn, Friedrich Adolph |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuhn, Friedrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1774 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1844 |
Place of death | Dresden |