Johann Georg Fischer (25 October 1816 – 4 May 1897) was a German poet and playwright.
Biography
Fischer was born in Groß-
Süßen
Süßen (or Süssen) is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Fils 8 km east of Göppingen, near Stuttgart.
History
Süßen was first mentioned with the name of ''Siezun'' ...
,
Württemberg
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...
. His father was a carpenter, who died early.
After Johann finished his studies in
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...
between 1831 and 1833, he began to work as a teacher assistant at different places, including
Langenau
Langenau is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 14 km northeast of Ulm.
Transport
Langenau is located directly on the Autobahn A7 and near the A8
Public transport is guaranteed by the Do ...
and
Ulm
Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...
. 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
Swabian School. He was not in sympathy with the naturalism of his time, and was influenced chiefly by the poetry of his countryman
Schiller, although several of his productions suggest the influence of
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 tr ...
,
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 were especially popular.
For his works, he gained the title of honorary citizen in
Marbach am Neckar
Marbach am Neckar is a town about 20 kilometres north of Stuttgart. It belongs to the district of Ludwigsburg, the Stuttgart region and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart. Marbach is known as the birthplace of Friedrich Schiller, to ...
. 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.
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