Karl August Förster
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.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl August Förster in the catalog of the German National Library
- Texts to Förster's poems set to music
- Karl August Förster's translation of the 5th song of hell (Francesca da Rimini) by Dante Alighieri on academia.edu
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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 |