Elisabeth Kulmann (russian: Елисавета Борисовна Кульман/Jelissaweta Borissowna Kulman, - ) was a Russian-born poet and translator who worked in Russian, German and Italian.

Biography

Kulmann was born in the

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, one of the several children of Boris Fedorovich, and Mary (née Rosenberg) Kulmann. Her father, a collegiate councilor and a retired captain, died early. The family lived on

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St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. As a child, Kulman showed phenomenal

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abilities, learning ancient and modern languages under the direction of Karl Grosgeynrikh. She achieved fluency in 11 languages. Kulman wrote over 1,000 poems before her death at age 17.

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considered her a

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and set some of her poems to music including "Mailied" May Song"and "An den Abendstern" To the Evening Star" Kulman was buried in the

Smolensky Cemetery Smolensky Cemetery () is the oldest continuously operating cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia.Elisabeth Kulmann (1808-1825)
/ref> In the 1930s, the Soviet authorities moved Kulman's remains to the

Tikhvin Cemetery Tikhvin Cemetery (russian: Тихвинское кладбище) is a historic cemetery in the centre of Saint Petersburg. It is part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, and is one of four cemeteries in the complex. Since 1932 it has been part of the ...

in the

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Selected works

* ''Kulmann Elisabeth''. Sämmtliche Gedichte — S.-Pb., 1835. — 200 S. * ''Kulmann E.'' Saggi poetici. — S.-Pietroburgo, 1839. — XXIII, 191 S. * ''Kulmann Elisabeth''. Sämmtliche Gedichte — Leipzig, 1844. — 132; 288 S. * ''Kulmann E.'' Saggi Poetici di Elisabetta Kulmann. — Milano, 1845, 1846, 1847. * ''Kulmann Elisabeth''. Sämmtliche Dichtungen — Frankfurt am Main, 1851. — CXXXIII, 670 S.; 1857. — CXXVIII, 724 S. * ''Kulmann E.'' Dichtungen. Ausgewahlt und mit einer Einleitung versehen von Franz Miltner. — Heidelberg, 1875. — XXII, 145 S. * ''Kulmann E.'' Mond, meiner Seele Liebling: e.Ausw. ihrer Gedichte. — Heidelberg, 1981.

Musical works in Kulmann verses

* ''Schumann R.'' Mädchenlieder von Elisabeth Kulmann für 2 Sopran-St. jder Sopran u. Alt mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. Op. 103. — Leipzig: Fr. Kistner,

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— 11 S. * ''Schumann R.'' Sieben Lieder von Elisabeth Kulmann zur Erinnerung an die Dichterin für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte componirt von Rob. Schumann. Op.104. — Leipzig: Fr. Kistner,

— 18 S.

References

* Münnich. Elisabeth Kulmann. Eine biographische Skizze. — Nürnberg, 1842. * ''Karl Friedrich von Großheinrich'': Elisabeth Kulmann und ihre Gedichte in: Sämmtliche Gedichte von Elisabeth Kulmann, herausgegeben von K. F. von Großheinrich. Fünfte vollständige Ausgabe. Leipzig: Wigand 1847. * ''Lamprecht E.'' Elisabeth Kulmann. Biograph. Skizze. Mit Proben aus d. Gedichten. — Zwickau, 1867. — 76 S. * ''Thompson E.'' Elisabeth Kulmann. — St. Petersburg, 1910. — 34 S. * ''Gramlich I.'' Auf den Spuren eines Engels: Zum 175. Todestag der deutsch-russischen Dichterin Elisabeth Kulmann // Volk auf dem Weg: Verbandszeitung der Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland (Stuttgart). — 2000. — Nr 8/9. — S. 42-45. * ''Hansburg G.'' Aufsätze über Poetess Elisabeth Kulmann // Russland-Deutsche Zeitgeschichte unter Monarchie und Diktatur. — Bd. 4. — Fusgabe 2004/2005 / Hrsg. A. Bosch. — Nürnberg, München, Grußburgwedel, 2005. — S. 76—127. .
''Zhatkin D., Milotaeva O.'' E.B. Kulman’s Creative Work in the Context of the History of Russian Literature and Russian Poetic Translation
// Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. – Vol 6. – №3. – May 2015. – P. 139-146.

External links

3 Aphorismen und 6 Gedichte des Autors Elisabeth Kulmann
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuhlmann, Elisabeth 1808 births 1825 deaths Poets from the Russian Empire Translators from the Russian Empire Russian people of German descent Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery 19th-century translators from the Russian Empire

Biography

Selected works

Musical works in Kulmann verses

References

Further reading

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