Otto Gleiß
Otto Ludwig Friedrich August Gleiß (born December 19, 1841 in Glückstadt , † September 15, 1906 in Jevenstedt ) was a German pastor and translator .
Life
Gleiß studied theology and was ordained in 1869. He initially worked as a predicant in Dänischenhagen and adjunct in Oldenburg in Holstein . As pastor of the Schleswig-Holstein regional church he worked from 1872 in Westerland on Sylt, from 1879 in Hamberge , from 1888 in Jevenstedt .
Otto Gleiß translated works from Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and French, a. a. by Zacharias Topelius , Meïr Aron Goldschmidt and Sophus Heegaard . His translation of Søren Kierkegaard's " Either - Or " (1885, with Alexander Michelsen ) made Danish philosophers more widely available after interest in Germany had only been aroused in 1879 by Georg Brandes ' book "Sören Kierkegaard - a literary character picture".
literature
- Wilhelm Kosch: German Literature Lexicon , Bern a. a., 3rd edition 1978, vol. 6, col. 397 f.
Web links
- Søren Kierkegaard: Either-Or in Gleiß / Michelsen's translation
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Steffen Steffensen: The influence of Kierkegaard on German-language literature of the 20th century . In: Heinrich Anz, Søren Kierkegaard's Reception in German and Danish Philosophy and Theology , Copenhagen 1983, pp. 211–224, p. 212.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gleiss, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gleiß, Otto Ludwig Friedrich August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pastor and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glückstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1906 |
| Place of death | Jevenstedt |