Poet. He was a German Romantic poet who was considered one of the most important poets of world literature. He was a fellow student of future philosophers Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling at the University of Tubingen. Born Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin, his childhood was marked by the death of his father when he was a two-year-old and his stepfather at seven. He obtained his degree in Theology on September 20, 1793, but refused to become a Protestant pastor. After several attempts to obtain a university chair, he performed the duties of a private tutor in several cities in Germany. Following the arrest of a colleague for treason, his mental health declined. In 1805, he was admitted to a mental hospital for a year. For the rest of his life, his periods of lucidity are alternated with mental violent crises, increasingly frequent while living in the care of his family. He translated from Greek some tragedies of Sophocles and wrote many poems and odes, including the acclaimed "Hyperion," a two-volume novel in 1797 and 1799. He translated into German Sophocles's "Oedipus the King" in 1804 and "Antigone" in 1804.
Poet. He was a German Romantic poet who was considered one of the most important poets of world literature. He was a fellow student of future philosophers Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling at the University of Tubingen. Born Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin, his childhood was marked by the death of his father when he was a two-year-old and his stepfather at seven. He obtained his degree in Theology on September 20, 1793, but refused to become a Protestant pastor. After several attempts to obtain a university chair, he performed the duties of a private tutor in several cities in Germany. Following the arrest of a colleague for treason, his mental health declined. In 1805, he was admitted to a mental hospital for a year. For the rest of his life, his periods of lucidity are alternated with mental violent crises, increasingly frequent while living in the care of his family. He translated from Greek some tragedies of Sophocles and wrote many poems and odes, including the acclaimed "Hyperion," a two-volume novel in 1797 and 1799. He translated into German Sophocles's "Oedipus the King" in 1804 and "Antigone" in 1804.
Bio by: Linda Davis
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