Johann Gottlob Regis ( German: Johann Gottlob Regis ; April 23, 1791 - August 29, 1854 ) - German translator and poet.
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The son of a preacher of the church of St. Nicholas in Leipzig . He studied at school there , then continued his education at the famous monastery school in Rosleben , and in 1809 - 1812 . studied law at the University of Leipzig . From 1816 he worked in Halle as a proofreader, then in 1825 he moved to Breslau , where he devoted himself entirely to literary work; Regis’s desire to pursue a teaching career or become a librarian did not come true. In 1841, King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm IV granted him a pension, a year later Regis received his doctorate honoris causa from the University of Breslau .
Regis' original poems did not attract much attention. As a translator, he made his debut in 1821 with the Shakespeare tragedy “ Timon of Athens, ” then translated a number of Shakespeare’s sonnets, Francois Rabelais ’s novel “The Gargantua and Pantagruel ” ( 1832 ), the treatise Niccolo Machiavelli “The Prince” and selected poems by Michelangelo Buonarotti ( 1842 ). Regis' latest work was posthumously published translations from Greek anthology .
Links
- Thomas Diecks. Regis, Johann Gottlob // Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, S. 271. (German)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 12929215X // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.