Emil Rittershaus Explained
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1834 |
| Birth Place: | Barmen, Germany |
| Death Place: | Barmen, Germany |
| Resting Place: | Heckinghausen |
| Occupation: | poet, librettist, writer, merchant |
| Spouse: | Hedwig Rittershaus |
| Children: | Walther Rittershaus, Alfred Rittershaus, Julius Rittershaus, Adeline Rittershaus, Helene Schaper |
Friedrich Emil Rittershaus (3 April 1834 – 8 March 1897) was a German poet.
Biography
He was born in Barmen (now Wuppertal), Kingdom of Prussia. His poetry, marked by simple feeling, fine diction, and original matter, won great popularity. He died in Barmen. His daughter, Adeline, was a philologist, scholar, and champion for the equality of women.
He was a member of the Wuppertal poets' circle in the 1850s. He knew Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and wrote several letters to them in 1867–1868.[1]
Selected works
- Book: Rittershaus, Emil . Gedichte . Eduard Trewendt . 1880 . 6th . Breslau . Poems . 608819518 . 1 . First ed. 1855.
- (Westphalia Anthem; 1886)
- Book: Rittershaus, Emil . Buch der Leidenschaft . 1890 . 3rd . de . Book of Passion . 68063153 . 1 . First ed. .
- Book: Rittershaus, Emil . In Bruderliebe und Brudertreue . Hesse . 1893 . de . In brotherly love and brotherly loyalty . 1133304482 . 1 . First ed. 1893.
- Book: Rittershaus, Emil . Spruchperlen heitrer lebenskunst . . 1893 . Berlin . de . Proverbs of cheerful life . 798559250 . 1.
- Book: Rittershaus, Emil . Am Rhein und beim Wein Gedichte . Strauß . 1900 . 4th stereotype . Bonn . 1068827667 . 1 . First ed. 1884.
References
- Book: Hermand, Jost . 1998 . Böhlau . 978-3-412-09897-1 . Weimar Wien . 124–126 . de . The German Poets' Associations: From the Meistersingers to the PEN-CLUB . Die Wuppertaler Dichterbünde . 39515747 . https://archive.org/details/diedeutschendich0000herm/page/124/mode/1up .
Further reading
Notes and References
- Web site: Emil Rittershaus . 10 May 2024 . www.megadigital.bbaw.de.
