Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener
Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener (born September 17, 1714 at the Wachau manor ; † March 22, 1771 in Dresden ) was a German writer and publicist of the Enlightenment .
Life
Coming from a respected family, he studied law and philosophy in Leipzig after attending school at the Fürstenschule Sankt Afra in Meißen . After completing his studies, he worked as a tax collector and from 1741 as a tax auditor in Leipzig. In 1753 he was called to Dresden as a consultant as part of his official work.
During his time in Leipzig he wrote articles for various magazines, mostly in satirical or essayistic form. He was often called the “German Swift ” because of his writing style , probably because he later approached the style of the English weekly magazines.
Rabener's prose satire in the form of short novels , letters , poems , as well as proverbs in which he satirically processed human misconduct, but also social grievances of the bourgeoisie , was widely published in magazines . He published his publications in the 1750s under the title Collection of satirical writings as a collection that would ultimately comprise four volumes. This publication had several editions within a few years and was also published in Danish , French , English and Swedish, among others .
Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener died in Dresden in 1771 after a stay at a spa in Karlsbad could not help his poor health. He was buried in the Johanniskirchhof . His grave has not been preserved. Rabener has been forgotten today. In Dresden, the addresses of the tax offices Dresden North and Dresden South are named after the tax collector: Rabenerstraße 1.
Works
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener: Collection of satyrical writings. 4 parts. Dyck, Leipzig 1751–1755.
- First part. Dyck, Leipzig 1751 Digitized and full text in the German text archive
- Second part. Dyck, Leipzig 1751 Digitized and full text in the German text archive
- Third part. Dyck, Leipzig 1752 Digitized and full text in the German text archive
- Fourth part. Dyck, Leipzig 1755
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener's satires. Dyck, Leipzig, digitized in 1755
- From the satires of Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener: Antons Panßa von Mancha & Treatise from proverbs. Ed. And epilogue by E. Theodor Voss. Ulrich Keicher, Warmbronn 2011, ISBN 978-3-943148-01-5
Letters
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener. Correspondence and conversations. Edited by E. Theodor Voss with the assistance of Jan Müller. Wallstein, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8353-0991-3
literature
- Daniel Jacoby: Rabener, Gottlieb Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 78-85.
- Armin Biergann: Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener's satires . Phil. Diss. Cologne 1961 (217 pages).
- Jürgen Jacobs: Rabener, Gottlieb Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 68 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Theodor Voss: Rabener, Gottlieb Wilhelm . In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Literaturlexikon. Authors and works in German . Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh, Munich 1992, Volume 9, pp. 260ff.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener in the German Digital Library
- Works by Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener at Zeno.org .
- Works by Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener in the Internet Archive
- Biography of rasscass
- Digitized from vol. 7 of the satires
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rabener, Gottlieb Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and publicist of the Enlightenment |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1714 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wachau manor |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1771 |
| Place of death | Dresden |