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Johann Peter Eckermann (21 September 1792 – 3 December 1854), German poet and author, is best known for his work Conversations with Goethe, the fruit of his association with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe during the last years of Goethe's life.

Johann Peter Eckermann
Born	(1792-09-21)21 September 1792 Winsen (Luhe), Harburg
Died	3 December 1854(1854-12-03) (aged 62)
Nationality	German
Occupation	poet, author
Known for	association with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Notable work	Conversations with Goethe

Biography

Eckermann was born at Winsen (Luhe) in Harburg, of humble parentage, and was brought up in penury and privation.[1]

After serving as a volunteer in the War of Liberation (1813–1814), he obtained a secretarial appointment under the war department at Hanover. In 1817, although twenty-five years of age, he was enabled to attend the gymnasium of Hanover and afterwards the university of Göttingen, which, however, after one year's residence as a student of law, he left in 1822.[1]

His acquaintance with Goethe[2] began in the following year, when Eckermann sent to Goethe the manuscript of Beiträge zur Poesie (1823). Soon afterwards he went to Weimar, where he supported himself as a private tutor. For several years he also instructed the son of the grand duke. In 1830 he travelled in Italy with Goethe's son. In 1838 he was given the title of grand-ducal councillor and appointed librarian to the grand-duchess.[1]

Writings

Eckermann is chiefly remembered for his important contributions to the knowledge of the great poet contained in his Conversations with Goethe (1836–1848). To Eckermann Goethe entrusted the publication of his Nachgelassene Schriften (posthumous works) (1832–1833). He was also joint-editor with Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer (1774–1845) of the complete edition of Goethe's works in 40 vols (1839–1840). He died at Weimar on 3 December 1854.[3]

Eckermann's Gespräche mit Goethe (vols: i. and ii. 1836; vol. iii. 1848; 7th ed., Leipzig, 1899; best edition by Ludwig Geiger, Leipzig, 1902) have been translated into almost all the European languages,[4] (English translations by Margaret Fuller, Boston, 1839, and John Oxenford, London, 1850).[3]

Besides this work and the Beiträge zur Poesie, Eckermann published a volume of poems (Gedichte, 1838. See J. P. Eckermanns Nachlaß edited by Friedrich Tewes, vol. i. (1905), and an article by RM Meyer in the Goethe-Jahrbuch, xvii. (1896)).[5]

Notes

References

• Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Eckermann, Johann Peter" . Encyclopedia Americana.

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eckermann, Johann Peter". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 885–886.

External links

• Works by Johann Peter Eckermann at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

На других языках

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- [en] Johann Peter Eckermann

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[es] Johann Peter Eckermann

Johann Peter Eckermann (21 de septiembre de 1792 - 3 de diciembre de 1854), poeta y escritor alemán, mejor conocido por su conexión de ideas con Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, nació en Winsen (Luhe), Harburgo, de ascendencia humilde.

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[ru] Эккерман, Иоганн Петер

Иога́нн Пе́тер Э́ккерман (нем. Johann Peter Eckermann, 21 сентября 1792 года, Винзен, Брауншвейг-Люнебург — 3 декабря 1854 года, Веймар, Саксен-Веймар) — немецкий литератор, поэт. Известен своими исследованиями творчества И. В. Гёте, другом и секретарём которого он был.

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