Johan Runius

Johan Runius (born June 1, 1679 in Larv , Vara municipality , † June 1, 1713 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish poet of the Baroque .

Johan Runius

Life

The pastor's son Runius first attended grammar school in Gothenburg , which he graduated in 1699. Here he wrote a tribute to the city of Gothenburg in verse under the title Nimrods Skäckta, Til Göthborgs Beröm . From 1700 he studied in Uppsala . However, due to a lack of financial resources, he was unable to finish his studies. From 1703 he worked as a tutor and private secretary. From 1707 to 1710 he lived in Reval , where he worked as secretary to the governor general Nils Stromberg. Runius spent his last years in Stockholm .

Above all, Runius is the author of occasional poems which he wrote for members of the wealthy middle class. For his poems he used less the usual ways than popular melodies of French dance styles such as minuet , polonaise and gavotte .

He was buried in the cemetery of St. Mary Magdalene Church in Stockholm.

Work edition

• Samlade scrifter . I-III. Utg. av E. Noreen and F. Sandwall. SFSV XVII. A. Bonniers, Stockholm 1933–1955.

literature

• Magnus von Platen: Johan Runius. En biografi . Wahlstrom & Widstrand, Stockholm 1954.
• Wilhelm Friese : Nordic baroque poetry. A representation and interpretation of Scandinavian poetry between the Reformation and the Enlightenment . Francke, Munich 1968, passim.
• Wilhelm Friese: Scandinavian poetry in the 17th century . Francke, Tübingen / Basel 2003, pp. 170–179 [Text and translation: Öfwer Werldenes Fäfängligheter / About the vanities of the world .] P. 223.
• Johan Runius . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 23 : Retzius – Ryssland . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1916, Sp. 1210 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).