Johann Georg Fischer (25 October 1816 – 4 May 1897) was a German poet and playwright.
Biography
Fischer was born in Groß-
Süßen,
Württemberg. His father was a carpenter, who died early.
After Johann finished his studies in
Tübingen between 1831 and 1833, he began to work as a teacher assistant at different places, including
Langenau and
Ulm. After a further study as a school teacher, he went to Stuttgart in 1845 to teach at the elementary school. He became school master as well as the leader of the economic school in the city. In 1857 he gained the title of Doctor of Philosophy. Between 1862 and 1885, he worked as a professor later as a master professor at the ''
Oberen Stuttgarter Realschule''.
As a poet, Fischer may be regarded as the last noteworthy representative of the traditional
Swabia
Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.
The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...
n School. He was not in sympathy with the naturalism of his time, and was influenced chiefly by the poetry of his countryman
Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendsh ...
, although several of his productions suggest the influence of
Goethe,
Hölderlin, and
Mörike.
Fischer developed his unique style in poetry and writing dramas during his years in Stuttgart. Early in life, he showed deep interest in nature and many of his poems show this influence. He excelled in popular songs and ballads, and in his love songs nobly idealized nature and passion. His 24 speeches on the occasion of the birthday of
Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendsh ...
were especially popular.
For his works, he gained the title of honorary citizen in
Marbach am Neckar. Some of his admirers were wont to call him “Der schwabische Frauenlob” (the Swabian praiser of women). His seventieth birthday was a huge festival in Stuttgart. He died in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
.
Works
His four dramas are:
* ''Saul'' (1862)
* ''Friedrich II von Hohenstaufen'' (1863)
* ''Florian Geyer'' (1866)
* ''Kaiser Maximilian von Mexico'' (1868)
His other works, practically all of them published in Stuttgart, were:
* ''Gedichte'' (1838)
* ''Dichtungen'' (1841)
* ''Gedichte'' (1854)
* ''Aus dem Leben der Vögel'' (1863) In this work, he notes the characteristic phenomena of the psychic life of animals with the acuteness of a naturalist and the sympathy of a poet.
* ''Neue Gedichte'' (1865)
* ''Den Deutschen Frauen'' (1869)
* ''Aus Frischer Luft'' (1872)
* ''Neue Lieder'' (1876)
* ''Merlin. Ein Liederzyklus'' (1877)
* ''Der Glückliche Knecht. Ein Idyll'' (1881)
* ''Auf dem Heimweg'' (1891)
* ''Mit Achtzig Jahren'' (1896)
Notes
References
* This work in turn cites:
** Fischer, H., ''Erinnerungen an J. G. Fischer von seinem Sohne'' (Tübingen 1897)
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External links
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1816 births
1897 deaths
19th-century German poets
People from the Kingdom of Württemberg
German male poets
German male dramatists and playwrights
19th-century German dramatists and playwrights
19th-century German male writers