Philipp Ernst Raufseysen

Philipp Ernst Raufseysen (* 1743 in Danzig ; † December 21, 1775 in Neuruppin ) was a German writer .

Philipp Ernst Raufseysen was the son of a Danzig merchant. He studied philosophy, history and literature in Jena , became a member of the German Society in Wittenberg and completed his habilitation in Greifswald in 1766 . Here he ran a student theater.

Because of debts he had to leave Greifswald secretly and went into military service. He became the secretary of General Ewald Georg von Kleist . After his death in 1768 he became a common soldier and died in 1775 in the hospital. At the instigation of his friend, the Captain von Thadden , 198 of his poems were published posthumously in 1782.

Works

• Defeated barbarism . Dramatic poem, Greifswald 1767
• The wine festival . Singspiel, Leipzig
• Raufseysen's poems, edited by G. Danowius after the author's death . Berlin 1782 ( digitized version), 2nd edition 1792

literature

• Johann Christoph Adelung : General directory of new books with short notes . 7th volume, 1st piece, Leipzig 1782, p. 516.
• Friedrich Karl Gottlob Hirsching : Historical-literary handbook of famous and memorable people who lived in the 18th century . Volume 9, 1st section, Leipzig 1806, p. 124f. ( Digitized version )
• Theodor Pyl : The development of dramatic art and theater in Greifswald . In: Pommersche Jahrbücher 6 (1905) pp. 15–47, here: pp. 27f.
• Horst Langer: At the turn of the literary era - Philipp Ernst Raufseysen . In: Chloe. Supplements to Daphnis, Volume 33, Amsterdam, Atlanta 2000, ISBN 90-420-1293-5 .