Hermann Kurz

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Hermann Kurz (30 November 1813 – 10 October 1873) was a German poet and novelist.

He was born at Reutlingen. Having studied at the theological seminary at Maulbronn and at the University of Tübingen, he became assistant pastor at Ehningen. He then entered upon a literary career and lived in Stuttgart. In 1863 he was appointed university librarian at Tübingen, where he remained till his death.

Kurz's collections of poems, Gedichte (1836) and Dichtungen (1839), were less successful than his historical novels, Schiller's Heimatjahre (1843) and Der Sonnenwirt (1854), and his excellent translations from English, Italian and Spanish. He also published a successful modern German version of Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan and Iseult (1844). His collected works were published in ten volumes (Stuttgart, 1874).

His daughter, Isolde Kurz, was also a poet.

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References

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kurz, Hermann". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 74649241 LCCN: n84154170 ISNI: 0000 0001 1071 1621 GND: 118778277 BNF: cb12903652m

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Name	Kurz, Hermann
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Short description	German writer
Date of birth	30 November 1813
Place of birth	Reutlingen
Date of death	10 October 1873
Place of death

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