Johann Nikolaus Götz (July 9, 1721 – November 4, 1781) was a German poet from

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Biography

Götz was born in

. He studied

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at Halle (1739–1742), where he became intimate with the poets Johann W. L. Gleim and Johann Peter Uz, acted for some years as military chaplain, and afterwards filled various other ecclesiastical offices. He died in Winterburg, near

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Works

The writings of Götz consist of a number of short lyrics and several translations, of which a rendering of Anacreon is notable. His original compositions are light, lively and sparkling, and are animated rather by French wit than by German depth of sentiment. The best known of his poems is ''Die Mädcheninsel'', an elegy which met with the warm approval of

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. Other works were ''Thamire an die Rosen'' and ''An eine Romansleserin''. Götz's ''Vermischte Gedichte'' were published with biography by K. W. Ramler (Mannheim, 1785; new ed., 1807), and a collection of his poems, dating from the years 1745–1765, was edited by C. Schüddekopf in the ''Deutsche Literaturdenkmale des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts'' (1893). See also ''Briefe von und an J. N. Götz'', edited by C. Schüddekopf (1893).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gotz, Johann Nikolaus 1721 births 1781 deaths 18th-century German poets People from Worms, Germany German male poets German-language poets