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.

Web links

Friedrich Adolph Kuhn in the Stadtwiki Dresden

personal data
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

[1] 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.