Christian Wernicke (January 1661 – 5 September 1725) was a
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epigram
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ist and
diplomat
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"Christian Wernicke : Dichter und Diplomat aus Elbing / Hans Georg Schwark"
WorldCat. Retrieved 9 October 2013. His surname has also been spelled Wernigke, Warneck, and Werneke.
Biography
Wernicke was born in Elbing (Elbląg), Royal Prussia
Royal Prussia ( pl, Prusy Królewskie; german: Königlich-Preußen or , csb, Królewsczé Prësë) or Polish PrussiaAnton Friedrich Büsching, Patrick Murdoch. ''A New System of Geography'', London 1762p. 588/ref> (Polish: ; German: ) was a ...
, Poland. After attending school in Elbing and Thorn
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(Toruń), Wernicke studied philosophy
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and poetry
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under Daniel Georg Morhof
Daniel Georg Morhof (6 February 163930 July 1691) was a German writer and scholar.
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Morhof was born at Wismar. He first studied jurisprudence and then '' literae humaniores'' at the University of Rostock, where his elegant Latin vers ...
at the University of Kiel
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in Holstein
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. He then spent three years at the court of Mecklenburg
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and took educational trips to Holland
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, France
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, and England
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, before settling in Hamburg
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in 1696, where he worked as a private scholar. From 1714 to 1723 he worked as an ambassador for the court of Denmark
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Wernicke's clear and rationale diction stands in contrast to that of his contemporaries Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau
Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (baptised 25 December 1616 – 4 April 1679) was a German poet of the Baroque era.
He was born and died in Breslau (Wrocław) in Silesia. During his education in Danzig (Gdańsk) and Leiden, he befrie ...
and Christian Heinrich Postel
Christian Heinrich Postel (11 October 1658 – 22 March 1705) was a German jurist, epic poet and opera libretto, librettist, who wrote 28 libretti for the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg: set by composers such as Johann Philipp Förtsch, Reinhard Ke ...
. Wernicke was openly hostile to Christian Friedrich Hunold
Christian Friedrich Hunold (born 29 September 1680 in Wandersleben near Gotha (town), Gotha, died 16 August 1721 in Halle (Saale), Halle) was a German author who wrote under the pseudonym Menantes.
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Hunold went to school in Arnstadt ...
. He died in Copenhagen
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in 1725.
Wernicke's satirical
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writings were rediscovered by Johann Jakob Bodmer
Johann Jakob Bodmer (19 July 16982 January 1783) was a Swiss author, academic, critic and poet.
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Born at Greifensee, near Zürich, and first studying theology and then trying a commercial career, he finally found his vocation in letters. In 1 ...
and were praised by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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and Johann Gottfried Herder
Johann Gottfried von Herder ( , ; 25 August 174418 December 1803) was a German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic. He is associated with the Enlightenment, ''Sturm und Drang'', and Weimar Classicism.
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Born in Mohrun ...
in 1749.
References
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1661 births
1725 deaths
German poets
German diplomats
Polish diplomats
People from Elbląg
People from Royal Prussia
University of Kiel alumni
German male poets