Zacharias Topelius
Zacharias Topelius [ sakaˈriːas tɔˈpeːlɪʊs ] (also Zachris Topelius or Z. Topelius , born January 14, 1818 at Kuddnäs Gård near Nykarleby ; † March 12, 1898 in Björkudden , Sibbo ) was a Finnish-Swedish writer , poet , journalist , historian and rector of the university Helsinki .
Life
After taking private lessons from Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Topelius became a student in Helsinki , received his doctorate in 1840 and edited the Helsingfors Tidningar from 1842 to 1860 , in which he published his first poems and short stories. He also wrote the libretto for the first Finnish opera Kung Karls Jakt (1852) by Fredrik Pacius .
In 1852 he became lecturer of history at the grammar school in Wasa , in 1854 associate professor of Finnish history at the University of Helsinki , 1863 full professor , 1876 professor of general history, from the position he resigned in 1878 with the title Council of State.
Zacharias is his baptismal name, and this and the abbreviation Z. were often used as the author's name on his works. However, he himself mostly used the abbreviation or the form Zachris (even on official occasions) . The form Sakari was also used earlier in Finnish in texts about Topelius.
The Topeliusweg was named after him in Berlin-Kladow in 1958.
Works
His most famous plays are:
- Efter femtio år ("After 50 years", Stockholm 1851)
- Regina af Emmerits (1854)
- Dramatiska dikter (a collection, 1861, 1881)
He became most popular through his novels and children's books :
- The Imp in Turku Castle (1849)
- Fältskärns berättelser (Tales of a Feldscher, Stockholm 1858–67, 5 volumes; German, Leipzig 1880, last translated in 1926 by Rita Öhquist )
- Sagor (1847–52, 4 collections)
- Läsning för barn (1865–84, 6 books; translated into Finnish, Norwegian, English and German)
- Naturens bok (written for Finnish elementary schools)
- History of the War in Finland (1850)
- Finland framstäld i teckningar (1845–52)
- En resa i Finland (1873; German by Paul, Helsingfors 1885)
- From Finland (six short stories, German translation Gotha 1888, 2 volumes)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topelius, Zachris on kansallisbiografia.fi
- ↑ Topeliusweg. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
Web links
- Literature by and about Zacharias Topelius in the catalog of the German National Library
- Profile in the Authors' Calendar (Petri Liukkonen)
- Profile at helsinki.fi
- Zacharias Topelius 375 humanists. Helsinki University Faculty of Humanities, June 20, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Topelius, Zacharias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Topelius, Zachris; Topelius, Zacharius; Topelius, Zakarias; Topelius, Sakari |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finland-Swedish poet and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuddnäs Gaard near Nykarleby |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1898 |
| Place of death | Björkudden , Sibbo |