biography
pronunciation:
[royter]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1810–74)
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| biography:
| North German writer, born in Stavenhagen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Along with Groth, he played an important role in introducing Plattdeutsch (Low German) into literary as well as everyday language. In 1833 he was arrested as a member of the Jenaer Burschenschaft and condemned to death; this was commuted to 30 years imprisonment, but he was freed under amnesty after seven years, though broken in health. Nevertheless, his novels and poems are imbued with optimism and the spirit of reconciliation, even in Kein Hüsung (1858) which attacks need and injustice. As Germany's leading realist Plattdeutsch novelist, he depicts contemporary society with a sharp eye and humour. He achieved his greatest successes with the autobiographical Ut de Franzosentid (1859), Ut mine Festungstid (1862), and Ut mine Stromtid (1862–4). |
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