Joseph Franz Ratschky
Joseph Franz Ratschky (born August 21, 1757 in Vienna ; † May 31, 1810 there ) was an Austrian writer.
Life
Ratschky attended the Jesuit high school in Vienna and then studied philosophy at the University of Vienna . In the civil service since 1776, from 1782 he worked at the Landgrave's office for cattle and meat. In 1787 he became secretary of the Upper Austrian government, Leopold Graf Rottenhan, in Linz . 1795 first court secretary, then court counselor and 1807 state and conference councilor.
Ratschky belonged to the Freemason lodge Zur True Eintracht . He was one of the regulars in the Kramer coffee house , which was known at the time. He died in the Mölkerhof at the Schottentor in 1810 . In 1894 the Ratschkygasse in Vienna- Meidling was named after him.
meaning
Along with Johann Baptist von Alxinger and Aloys Blumauer, Ratschky is one of the most important representatives of Austrian educational literature . Founded as a writer Ratschky 1777 the Viennese Musenalmanach who appeared to 1796 and published in the all important writers of Vienna. His works include plays, poems and satires. Best known is his satirical work Melchior Striegel , which reflects the French Revolution from the perspective of Austrian Josephinism .
Works
- White and rose color . Singspiel (1773)
- Bekir and Gulroni . Drama (1780)
- The theater tickle . Comedy (1784)
- Poems (1785)
- Melchior curry comb. A heroic-epic poem for friends of freedom and equality (1793) (Leipzig edition anno 1799: online - Internet Archive )
- Newer poems (1805)
literature
- Roger Bauer: A “mock-heroic poem” in German: Joseph Franz Ratschky's ›Melchior Striegel‹. In: Austriaca. Festschrift for Heinz Politzer on his 65th birthday. In collaboration with Richard Brinkmann ed. v. Winfried Kudszus and Hinrich C. Seeba. Tübingen: Niemeyer 1975, 59-77
- Roger Bauer: Die Gedichte des JFR In: Herbert Zeman (ed.): The Austrian literature - your profile at the turn of the 18th to the 19th century (1750-1830), 2 parts, Graz 1979. Graz 1979, p. 891 -907
- Wynfrid Kriegleder : Joseph Franz Ratschky . Dissertation. Vienna 1985
- Ritchie Robertson: Mock-Epic Poetry from Pope to Heine. Oxford University Press 2009
- Small Austrian literary lexicon . Hollinek, Vienna 1948
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 4 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Ratschky, Joseph Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 25th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1873, pp. 22–25 ( digitized version ).
- Anton Schlossar : Ratschky, Josef Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 369 f.
- Wynfrid Kriegleder: Ratschky, Joseph Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 184 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Franz Ratschky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Joseph Franz Ratschky at Zeno.org .
- Joseph Franz Ratschky in the Internet Archive
- Entry on Joseph Franz Ratschky in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Poems by Melchior Striegel in full text
- Newer poems (1805) in full text - austrian literature online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ratschky, Joseph Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1810 |
| Place of death | Vienna |