Ellen Frothingham (25 March 1835 - 1902) worked in the
United States
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as a
translator
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of
German-language
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works into
English
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.
Biography
She was born in
Boston
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, the daughter of
Nathaniel Frothingham. She studied
German literature
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, and was well known for her translations into English of
Lessing's ''
Nathan der Weise
''Nathan the Wise'' (original German title: ', ) is a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing from 1779. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. It was never performed during Lessing's lifetime and was first performed in 1783 at the Döbbelinsch ...
'' (
Kuno Fischer
Ernst Kuno Berthold Fischer (23 July 1824 – 5 July 1907) was a German philosopher, a historian of philosophy and a critic.
Biography
After studying philosophy at Leipzig and Halle,
became a privatdocent at Heidelberg in 1850. The Baden gover ...
's edition; New York, 1868),
Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...
's ''
Hermann und Dorothea'' (1870),
Berthold Auerbach
Berthold Auerbach (28 February 1812 – 8 February 1882) was a German-Jewish poet and author. He was the founder of the German "tendency novel", in which fiction is used as a means of influencing public opinion on social, political, moral, and r ...
's ''Edelweiss'' (1871), Lessing's ''Laokoon'' (1874) and
Franz Grillparzer
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the famous Burgtheater in Vien ...
's ''Sappho'' (1876).
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1835 births
1902 deaths
Writers from Boston
German–English translators
19th-century American translators
19th-century American women writers
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