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Luise Gottsched

German poet, playwright, essayist and translator

Field	Value
name	Luise Gottsched
image	Gottschedin.jpg
caption	Portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann,
birth_name	Luise Adelgunde Victorie Kulmus
birth_date
birth_place	Danzig (Gdańsk), Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
death_date
death_place	Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
nationality	German
spouse	Johann Christoph Gottsched

Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched ( Kulmus; 11 April 1713 – 26 June 1762) was a German poet, playwright, essayist, and translator, and is often considered one of the founders of modern German theatrical comedy.

Biography

She was born in Danzig (Gdańsk) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. She became acquainted with her husband, the poet and author Johann Christoph Gottsched, when she sent him some of her own works. He apparently was impressed, and a long correspondence eventually led to marriage. After marriage, Luise continued to write and publish, and was also her husband's faithful helper in his literary labours. Her uncle was the anatomist Johann Adam Kulmus.

Works

She wrote several popular comedies, including Das Testament, and translated The Spectator (9 volumes, 1739–1743), Alexander Pope's Rape of the Lock (1744) and other English and French works. After her death her husband edited her Sämtliche kleinere Gedichte with a memoir (1763).

References

Sources

References

Hilary Brown, ''Luise Gottsched the Translator'' (Camden House, 2012, {{ISBN. 9781571135100).
Becker-Cantarino, Barbara. (2005-01-01). "German Literature of the Eighteenth Century: The Enlightenment and Sensibility". Boydell & Brewer.
"Luise K. Gottsched: A biography".
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