Ludwig Bechstein
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Ludwig Bechstein (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 24 November 1801 – 14 May 1860) was a German writer and collector of folk fairy tales.
He was born in Weimar, the illegitimate child of Johanna Carolina Dorothea Bechstein and Hubert Dupontreau, a French emigrant who disappeared before the birth of the child; Ludwig thus grew up very poor in his first nine years. His situation improved only when his uncle Johann Matthäus Bechstein, a renowned naturalist and forester living in Meiningen in the country of Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, adopted him in 1810. He was sent to school in Meiningen, and in 1818, started an apprenticeship as a pharmacist.
From 1828 to 1831 he studied philosophy and literature in Leipzig and Munich thanks to a stipend granted by Duke Bernhard II of Sachsen-Meiningen, who hired him subsequently as a librarian. This lifetime post provided Bechstein with a continuous income, while leaving him a lot of freedom to pursue his own interests and writing. He lived from 1831 until his death in Meiningen. In his honor, a fountain was built in the English Garden.
Bechstein published many works and was a successful author of his time. His German Fairy Tale Book was even more popular than the Brothers Grimm's collection when it was first published in 1845.[1] He published several collections of folk tales, and also published romances and poems
Important works
- (Thuringian Folktales) Thüringische Volksmärchen (1823)
- Sonnet Wreaths (Sonettenkränze) (1826, through which Duke Bernhard became interested in him)
- The Children of Haymon (1830, epic poem)
- The Dance of Death (Der Totentanz) (1831, epic poem)
- Grimmenthal (1833, novel)
- Luther (1834)
- A Treasury of the Tales of Thuringian Legends and Legend Cycles, (1835–38) (Der Sagenschatz und die Sagenkreise des Thüringerlandes)
- Journeys of a Musician, 1836–37, novel, (Fahrten eines Musikanten)
- German Fairy-Tale Book, 1845; 41st ed., 1893, (Deutsches Märchenbuch); French translation with introduction and comments: Corinne and Claude Lecouteux, Paris, José Corti, 2010 (collection Merveilleux); English (complete) translation: Michael Haldane (see External Links)
- New Natural History of Pet Birds (1846, humorous didactic poem)
- Berthold the Student, 1850, novel, (Berthold der Student)
- Folktales (1823) (Volksmärchen)
- German Legend Book of Folktales, 1853, (Deutsches Sagenbuch Volksmärchen)
- New German Fairy-Tale Book, 1856; 105th ed., 1922); English (complete) translated: Michael Haldane (Neues Deutsches Märchenbuch) (see External Links)
- Thuringian Legend Book (Thüringer Sagenbuch) (1858)
- Thuringia's Royal House (1865)
Schools named after Ludwig Bechstein
- Staatliche Grundschule 6, Erfurt: Bechsteinschule (public elementary school)
- Ludwig-Bechstein-Grundschule, Meiningen: (public elementary school)
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bell, Anthea (2006). Rapunzel and other Magic Fairy Tales. Egmonts Press. p. 157. ISBN 1-4052-1832-0.
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External links
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Haldane, Michael. "A modern translation - the only complete English versions of the "Deutsches Märchenbuch" and "Neues Deutsches Märchenbuch"". Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- Works by Ludwig Bechstein at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Ludwig Bechstein at the Internet Archive
- Works by Ludwig Bechstein at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) File:Speaker Icon.svgTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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