Johann Chrysostomus Senn (1 April 1795,

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– 30 September 1857,

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; pseudonym: ''Bombastus Bebederwa'') was a

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of the

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Life

Johann Senn was the son of the

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, Franz Michael Senn. He lived in

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from 1807 and attended the Akademische Gymnasium. He was a pupil of the Wiener Stadtkonvikt along with

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. He later studied

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, none of which he managed to complete. He became a teacher to Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier. From 1815, his interest in politics grew ever more strident. Members of his circle included his old schoolmate, the composer

, the poet

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, the lawyer and later ''Redemptorist'' Franz von Bruchmann, the artist

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and the doctor

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. In 1820, Senn was arrested for his revolutionary ideas and imprisoned for almost a year. He was then deported to

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and never returned to Vienna. He spent eight years there in military service, rising to the position of lieutenant. He was unable to enjoy a middle-class career and lived out the rest of his days in

working either as a '' Tagschreiber'' or in the offices of regional administration.

Works

His friend

, set his poems ''Schwanengesang'' (Swan Song) and ''Selige Welt'' (Blessed World) to music. Senn, who had only one collection of poetry published in his lifetime, became popular in Tyrol through his poem ''Der rote Tiroler Adler'' (The Red Tyrolean Eagle). It was used as national

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and later set to music. A street in

has been named after him. Part of his work was published at the behest of ''Adolf Pichler'' und ''Moriz Enzinger'', but most remains unpublished and virtually unknown to this day. * Johann Senn: ''Gedichte'' (poems), Innsbruck, 1838. * Adolf Pichler (Ed.): ''Glossen zu Göthe's Faust. Aus einem Nachlasse von Johann Senn'', Innsbruck, 1862.

References

* Moriz Enzinger: Franz v. Bruchmann der Freund J. Chr. Senns und des Grafen Aug. v. Platen. Eine Selbstbiographie aus dem Wiener Schubertkreise nebst Briefen. In: ''Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum'' 10, 1930, 117-379. * Moriz Enzinger: Zur Biographie des Tiroler Dichters Joh. Chrys. Senn. In: ''Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen'' 156, 1930) 169-183. * Ilija Dürhammer: Dioskuren im Schubert-Kreis. Senn, Bruchmann und chober Das philosophische Triumvirat. In: ''Schubert durch die Brille. Mitteilungen des Internationalen Franz Schubert Instituts'' 19, 1997, 65-80.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Senn, Johann Chrysostomus 1795 births 1857 deaths People from Landeck District Austrian male writers