Michael Abel (humanist)
Michael Abel (born September 1, 1542 in Frankfurt (Oder) , † 1609 in Leipzig ) was a German humanist , neo-Latin poet and poet .
Life
The son of the silk shopkeeper Caspar Abel from Stendal studied rhetoric, theology and law at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder) from 1553 . From 1562 to 1566/67 Abel worked as a school teacher in Lauban in Upper Lusatia . From 1567 to around 1578 he held positions in Gröditz, Dresden , Leipzig and elsewhere. From around 1578 Abel served as court poet to Emperor Rudolf II in Vienna . There he was crowned a poet before 1582. From 1583 to 1585 he was the rector of the Protestant Latin School in Iglau in Moravia. In early 1585 he was imprisoned in Jihlava because of a love affair. Abel was only released at the instigation of Emperor Rudolf II at the end of 1587. Then he stayed with Frederick II of Denmark. In 1587 Abel returned to Frankfurt (Oder). There he worked from 1587 to 1594 as the rector of the municipal lyceum. In 1594 he still had to flee because of the Iglauer Affair and was officially declared dead in 1595 for his protection. As can be deduced from poems, however, he still lived in Neumark in 1608. He died in Leipzig in 1609. He was the great-great-uncle of the polyhistor and Low German poet Caspar Abel .
plant
His main work, Carminum […] libri III. Elegiarum libri II from 1590 contains over 250 metrically diverse poems and 26 elegies. In addition to panegyric , his work includes four groups, namely meditative poetry for the self and experience, friendship poetry, satires and Christian poetry (especially Bible paraphrase), as well as a few erotic pieces. Formally, Abel orients himself to antiquity, including numerous quotations and allusions from Virgil's Eclogues, from Horace and Martial .
Other works:
- De priori lunae anni LXX ecclipsi Meditatio. Wittenb. undated [1570].
- In Messiae salvatoris natal LXXV supra D. et M. Odae et epigrammata. Wittenb. 1575.
- Heroicorum Poematum liber unus. Prague 1587.
- Cerva aurorae et Christ triumphans. Prague 1587.
- Eclipseos solaris the 21. Julii ad […] Christophorum Pelargum […] ac reliquos Inclitae Academiae Francofordianae proceres […] consideratio. Frankfurt on the Oder 1587.
- Incendium Neoberlino oppido, lamentabili fato inmissum, carmine adumbratum […]. Szczecin 1609.
literature
- Theodor Hertel: Michael Abel from Frankfurt on the Oder. Humanist and crowned poet of the 16th century. A picture of life. Döring, Potsdam 1896.
- Theodor Hertel: Addendum to the picture of life. Jäckel, Potsdam 1898.
- Herman Grimm : Abel, Michael. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 12 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Herman Grimm: Reality and Poetic. World in Michael Abel's poems. In: Inger Ekrem (Ed.): Reformation and Latin literature in northern Europe. Oslo 1996, pp. 151-178.
- Walther Killy (Editor): Literature Lexicon: Authors and works in the German language. Gütersloh, 1988. Volume 1, page 29 f.
Web links
- Author information at the “Corpus Automatum Multiplex Electorum Neolatinitatis Auctorum” (CAMENA) at the Chair for Modern German Literature at the German Department of Heidelberg University
- Carminum libri 4. Elegiarum libri 2. at CAMENA
Remarks
- ↑ It is not clear whether it is Gröditz or the current district of the same name in Weißenberg .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abel, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German humanist and neo-Latin poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1542 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt (Oder) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1609 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |