Karl Stelter Explained

Karl Stelter (25 December 1823 – 13 May 1912) was a German poet, writer and merchant who was a member of the Wuppertal poets' circle.

Life

Stelter was born in Elberfeld, Germany on 25 December 1823. He worked in a silk weaving mill until 1880.[1]

For the 1861 coronation of Emperor Wilhelm I, Stelter wrote a patriotic festival play (a), which was performed at the Elberfeld City Theater, as well as a Kaiserlied (Imperial Song). His memoirs titled Experiences of an Eighty-Year-Old were published in 1903.

He lived in Wiesbaden for some portion of his life and died there on 13 May 1912.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 1909 . 18 . Leipzig, Germany . 925 . de . Meyers Lexikon . Stelter, Karl . 10 May 2024 . http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Stelter.
  2. Book: Dichtergrüsse: neuere deutsche Lyrik . C. F. Amelang . 1922 . Haarhaus . Julius Rüttger . Leipzig . 372 . de . Poets' greetings: recent German poetry.