Karl August Förster

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Portrait of Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein , 1823
Gravestone with a forester's poem on a cemetery for anonymous burials at the Friedrichsfelde central cemetery , including for Erich Mielke

Karl August Förster (born April 3, 1784 in Naumburg an der Saale , † December 18, 1841 in Dresden ) was a German poet and translator .

Life

Karl August Förster studied theology in Leipzig from 1800 , became adjunct in 1806 and professor at the cadet house in Dresden in 1807. In 1817 his daughter Marie Laura Förster was born, who later worked as a writer.

Förster first came out with the translation of Petrarch's poems (1818-1819), which saw numerous new editions up into the 20th century. Translations by Torquato Tasso and Dante Alighieri followed .

His outline of the general history of literature (1827–1830) remained unfinished. The library of 17th century German poets started by Wilhelm Müller was continued by him and completed in 1838 with the 14th volume.

Förster belonged to the Dresdner Liederkreis .

Förster's own poems appeared after his death with a foreword by Ludwig Tieck . Several of his poems were set to music by well-known composers such as Carl Maria von Weber , Hans Pfitzner and Arnold Schönberg .

Works

(Selection)

  • Outline of the general history of literature , volumes 1–4, section 1, Leipzig 1827–30 (unfinished)
  • Poems , 2 volumes, Leipzig 1843

Translations

  • Francesco Petrarca's Italian poems, translated and accompanied with explanatory notes by Karl Förster, professor at the K. Knight Academy in Dresden. 2 volumes, Brockhaus, Leipzig and Altenburg 1818/19 (bilingual edition; digital copies of volume 1 and volume 2 on Google Books)
  • Torquato Tasso's exquisite poems , 2 volumes, Zwickau 1821
  • Dante Alighieri: The new life , Leipzig 1841

Editing

  • Collection of exquisite poems for memory and declaration exercises , Dresden 1820
  • Library of German poets of the seventeenth century , Vol. 11–14, 1828–1838 (digital copies: Vol. 11 ; Vol. 14 )

literature

  • Lebrecht Günther Förster: Biographical and literary sketches from the life and time of Karl Förster . Gottschalck, Dresden 1846
  • Peter Goßens: Karl Förster's Petrarch translation. In: Achim Aurnhammer (ed.): Francesco Petrarca in Germany. Its effect in literature, art and music. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2006 (early modern times, volume 118), pp. 467–485.

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personal data
SURNAME Forester, Karl August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forster, Karl; Förster, Carl August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg on the Saale
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1841
Place of death Dresden