Johann Wenzel Hann
Johann Leopold Thaddäus Wenzel Hann (born April 30, 1763 in Graz ; died May 10, 1819 in Lemberg ) was an Austrian poet.
Life
Hann was the son of a doctor. He studied at the lyceum in Graz and in 1784 became professor of fine sciences and classical literature at the University of Lemberg . In 1797 he became an East Galician book auditor. In 1807 he went to the University of Krakow , but then returned to Lemberg, where he was subsequently dean and rector .
A collection of poems appeared as early as 1782, in the preface of which the author wrote:
“I am now seventeen years old. The poems which I present to the world here are between the fourteenth and sixteenth years of my age, some of them written even earlier. [...] Dreams of an enthusiastic youth, flirtations, dolls, a strange, mishmash of feeling, and nonsense that is about the content of these sheets [...] "
In 1787 Xenocrat published a "Poem in seven books" based on Wieland in terms of form and theme . A fragment of the poem had already been published in the first volume of poetry from 1792.
Hann translated several Polish works into German, including Albert the Adventurer ( Woyciech Zdarzyński życie i przypadki swoie opisuiący ) by Tadeusz Krajewski (1746-1817), and Ewald Christian von Kleist's Spring into Polish. From a complete edition of his writings planned in 8 volumes and 4 supplement volumes, only a first volume of poems appeared ( first fruits of the Muse 1807). The other works and translations mentioned in the announcements for the complete edition were presumably unfinished or lost.
Hann died in Lemberg in 1819 at the age of 56.
Works
- Mixed attempts in poetry. Collected by himself and explained with the most necessary comments. 2 vols. Vienna 1782 f., Digitized .
- Xenocrat. A poem in seven books. 1787.
- Albert the adventurer. A satyrical novel from the Polish of Krasicki. Vienna & Leipzig 1794.
- First fruits of the muse sacrificed by W. Hann. Lviv & Breslau 1807.
literature
- Karl Goedeke , Edmund Goetze: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1906, vol. 6, p. 630 f.
- Wynfrid Kriegleder : Haan, Johann Wenzel. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Ed. De Gruyter, Berlin 2009, vol. 4, p. 546.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hann, Johann Wenzel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hann, Johann Leopold Thaddäus Wenzel (full name); Haan, Johann Wenzel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1763 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1819 |
| Place of death | Lviv |