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Johann Gottfried Dyck (also: ''Johann Gottfried Dik, Johannes Gottfried Dyck, Johann Gottfried Dyk;'' Catalogue
of the
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was a German bookseller and author.


Life

Dyck was born on 24 April 1750 in
Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...
, the son of a publisher. He enrolled at the
University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...
, moved to the
University of Wittenberg Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...
and earned a
magister degree A magister degree (also magistar, female form: magistra; from la, magister, "teacher") is an academic degree used in various systems of higher education. The magister degree arose in medieval universities in Europe and was originally equal to the ...
there in 1778. During his studies, he became friends with the poet, Johann Benjamin Michaelis. After completing his studies, he took over his father's Leipzig "Dyk'sche bookstore" which, under his leadership, became one of the leading bookstores of his time in the field of fine literature. He himself wrote a number of plays, made stage arrangements and translated various works from French and Italian that appeared in his bookshop, for example, his ''Sammlungen Komisches Theater der Franzosen für die Deutschen'' ("Collections of the French Comic Theatre for the Germans", 10 volumes 1777–1785) and ''Nebentheater''. Around 1783, he took over the editing of the literary newspaper ''Neue Bibliothek der schönen Wissenschaften und freyen Künste'' ("New Library of the Beautiful Sciences and Free Arts"), which had been published by his own publishing house since 1757. Since he also headed the ''Wendlerische Freischule'', he also published educational and historical treatises. He died in Leipzig on 21 May 1813.


Works (selection)

* ''Lyrisches Theater der Deutschen''. 2 volumes. Leipzig 1782. * ''Die sich Liebenden ohne es zu wißen. Ein Lustspiel in drey Akten.'' Dyk, Leipzig 1782.
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* ''Das Mißbindniß, oder der verkannte Hofmeister. Ein rührendes Lustspiel in einem Aufzuge.'' Stage, Augsburg 1783.
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* ''Lustspiele aus der Brandenburgischen Geschichte gezogen. Die Vereinigung. - Der verschriebene Bräutigam aus Paris.'' Dyk, Leipzig 1783.
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* ''Leichtsinn und Verführung. Trauerspiel.'' Dyk, Leipzig 1784.
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* ''Charaktere der vornehmsten Dichter aller Nationen''. Nachträge zu Sulzers allgemeinen Theorie der schönen Künste, 8 volumes. Leipzig 1792–1800. * ''Der prächtige Geizige, oder Die Contrebande. Ein Lustspiel in 5 Akten. Allen rechtschafnen Juristen gewidmet.'' Dyk, Leipzig 1785.
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* ''Thomas More. Ein Trauerspiel''. Dyk, Leipzig 1786.
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* ''Ferdinand Pernau. Ein Trauerspiel in 5 Akten.'' Dyk, Leipzig 1787.
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* ''Zwey unruhige Nächte, oder Neigung und Abneigung.'' Ein Schauspiel in fünf Akten. Dyk, Leipzig 1787.
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* ''Sechs Wagen mit Contrebande, oder Großthun und Knickerey.'' Dyk, Leipzig 1887.
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* ''Omar, oder: Das Ehegesetz der Tatarn. Ein Schauspiel mit untermischten Gesängen in drey Acten.'' Grätz 1797.

* ''Gegengeschenke an die Sudelköche zu Jena und Weimar von einigen dankbaren Großen'', Leipzig 1797.
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* ''Aly Bey, Sultan von Aegypten. Ein Trauerspiel in fünf Acten.'' Grätz 1797.
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* ''Der standhafte Mann oder: Ehrsucht und Schwatzhaftigkeit. Ein Schauspiel in fünf Akten.'' Grätz 1898.
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* ''Fragen an Kinder über die deutsche Geschichte und Darstellung der für Deutschland traurigen Ereignisse seit 1792.'' Regenspurg, Wetzlar, Frankfurt a. M. 1806.
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Literature

* Sabine Lorenz: ''Johann Gottfried Dyck.'' In
Walther Killy Walther Killy (26 August 191728 December 1995) was a German literary scholar who specialised in poetry, especially that of Friedrich Hölderlin and Georg Trakl. He taught at the Free University of Berlin, the Georg-August-Universität Göttinge ...
(ed.): ''Literaturlexikon.'' Autoren und Werke deutscher Sprache, Vol. 3, 5 volumes Bertelsmann, Gütersloh / Munich 1988–1991, , pp. 136 (as CD-ROM at: Directmedia, Berlin 1998, ). * * Wolfgang Lukas: ''Dyk, Johann Gottfried: Leichtsinn und Verführung, oder Die Folgen der Spielsucht.'' In: Heide Hollmer, Albert Meier (eds.): ''Dramenlexikon des 18. Jahrhunderts.'' Munich: C. H. Beck 2001. pp. 53–54.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dyck, Johann Gottfried German male writers German booksellers German translators 18th-century literature Baroque literature German-language writers Card game book writers 1750 births 1813 deaths 18th-century translators