Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe

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Title page of the "Tragedy of Mr. Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe" (1768)

Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe (born February 4, 1738 in Weißenfels , † April 7, 1758 in Dresden ) was a German playwright .

After finishing school in Schulpforta , Brawe began studying law at the University of Leipzig . There he was in the circle of friends around Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , Ewald Christian von Kleist , Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Christian Felix Weisse . Supported and promoted by Lessing, Brawe wrote a civil (“Der Freygeist”) and a historical (“Brutus”) tragedy .

His “Freygeist” is modeled on Lessing's “ Miss Sara Sampson ” and English dramas. In his drama used "Brutus" Brawe for the first time rhymeless iambic pentameter , which he thus on the German stage introduced.

Shortly after his appointment to the government council in Merseburg , the 20-year-old Brawe died on April 7, 1758 while visiting his parents in Dresden.

Works

  • Tragedies . Winter, Berlin 1768.
  • The Freygeist. A tragedy in 5 acts . Ille & Riemer, Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-936308-10-1 .
  • Brutus. A tragedy in 5 acts . Ille & Riemer, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-936308-11-2 .

literature

  • Jakob Minor (ed.): Lessing's youth friends. Christian Felix Weisse, Johann Friedrich von Cronegk , Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe, Friedrich Nicolai . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1974 (reprint of the Berlin 1883 edition).
  • August Sauer : Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe, Lessing's pupil . Trübner, Strasbourg 1878.
  • Frank Fischer: Triumph of Vengeance. Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe and the Aesthetics of the Enlightenment . Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8253-6217-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Brawe, Joachim Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German playwright
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissenfels
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1758
Place of death Dresden