Theodor Heinrich Friedrich

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Theodor Heinrich Friedrich (born October 30, 1776 in Königsberg (Neumark) , † December 12, 1819 in Hamburg ) was a German satirical writer.

Life

From 1793 Friedrich studied at the University of Frankfurt / Oder and Halle jurisprudence and was Regierungsassessor in Plock . Friedrich wavered between a bourgeois career and being an artist. After working briefly as a painter in Dresden , he returned to the civil service in 1806 and became a higher regional judge. In 1813 with the Lützow Freikorps , from 1815 he lived as a freelance writer in Berlin , Vienna and Hamburg . In Hamburg, at the age of 43, he drowned himself out of displeasure in the Elbe.

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The subject of his satires was often the tension between enthusiasm and enlightenment; as a patriot, he often dealt with the Franco-German relationship. Friedrich met the public's taste; Contemporaries, however, criticized his superficiality, which offered only “shallow entertainment” “without core jokes” and encouraged amateur politicization.

Fonts (selection)

  • Hypochondria. Berlin 1809
  • Cousin Kukuk. Berlin 1811
  • Satyrical campaigns. 3 episodes, Berlin 1814-16, reprinted as Peter and the luck of stupidity . Berlin 1962
  • Connexions or the way to office. Berlin 1815
  • The ghost, or the interrupted rehearsal . In: New library of small plays for private companies. A counterpart to the Deutsche Schaubühne. 3rd part. Augsburg and Leipzig 1818. Google Books

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Theodor Heinrich Friedrich  - Sources and full texts

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  1. ^ Hans Schröder: Lexicon of the Hamburg writers. Volume 2, 1854, sv
  2. ↑ Walther Killy: Literature Lexicon. Vol. 4 sv
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich, Theodor Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg (Neumark)
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1819
Place of death Hamburg