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Hieronymus Lorm
Heinrich Landesmann (9 August 1821, Nikolsburg – 4 December 1902, Brno), more commonly known by his pseudonym, Hieronymus Lorm, was an Austrian poet and philosophical writer. From his earliest childhood he was very sickly; at the age of fifteen his sight and hearing were almost completely destroyed; and later in life he became totally blind. He developed the Lorm alphabet, a form of tactile signing named after him. When he was sixteen years old he contributed a number of poems to various periodicals. In 1843 he completed his first important literary production, ''Abdul'', the Mohammedan Faust legend, in five cantos (2nd ed. Berlin, 1852). His ''Wien's Poetische Schwingen und Federn'' (Vienna, 1847) manifested critical acumen, but also a tinge of political acerbity in its attack on the censor system of the Austrian chancellor Prince Metternich. His friends advised Landesmann to leave Vienna, and he went to Berlin, where he assumed the pseudonym ''Hieronymus Lorm'' in or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Landesmann (Hieronymus Lorm), 1878
Heinrich Landesmann (9 August 1821, Nikolsburg – 4 December 1902, Brno), more commonly known by his pseudonym, Hieronymus Lorm, was an Austrian poet and philosophical writer. From his earliest childhood he was very sickly; at the age of fifteen his sight and hearing were almost completely destroyed; and later in life he became totally blind. He developed the Lorm alphabet, a form of tactile signing named after him. When he was sixteen years old he contributed a number of poems to various periodicals. In 1843 he completed his first important literary production, ''Abdul'', the Mohammedan Faust legend, in five cantos (2nd ed. Berlin, 1852). His ''Wien's Poetische Schwingen und Federn'' (Vienna, 1847) manifested critical acumen, but also a tinge of political acerbity in its attack on the censor system of the Austrian chancellor Prince Metternich. His friends advised Landesmann to leave Vienna, and he went to Berlin, where he assumed the pseudonym ''Hieronymus Lorm'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |