Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (UK: , US: ; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhœldɐliːn] (listen); 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Particularly due to his early association with and philosophical influence on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, he was also an important thinker in the development of German Idealism.Born in Lauffen am Neckar, Hölderlin had a childhood marked by bereavement. His mother intended for him to enter the Lutheran ministry, and he attended the Tübinger Stift, where he was friends with Hegel and Schelling. He graduated in 1793 but could not devote himself to the Christian faith, instead becoming a tutor. Two years later, he briefly attended the University of Jena, where he interacted with Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Novalis, before resuming his career as a tutor. He struggled to establish himself as a poet, and was plagued by mental illness. He was sent to a clinic in 1806 but deemed incurable and instead given lodging by a carpenter, Ernst Zimmer. He spent the final 36 years of his life in Zimmer's residence, …
Friedrich Hölderlin
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Фрыдрых Гёльдэрлін, ヘルデルリーン, Iogann Kristian Fridrich Gëlʹderlin, and 83 others
Phrēntrix Chailnterlin, I. Ch. F. Gelʹderlin, Phrēntrich Chelnterlin, Φρήντριχ Χαίλντερλιν, هولدرلين، يوهان كرستيان فريدريش،, Fridrich Chelderlin, Christianus Johannes Fridericus Hoelderlin, Johann Christoph Friedrich Hoelderlin, Friedr Hölderlin, Joannes Christianus Fridericus Hoelderlin, Fridrich Gelʹderlin, Scardanelli, 弗里德里希·荷爾德林, Johann Christian Friedrich Hoelderlin, Fridrich Gel'derlin, Фридрих Гельдерлин, Fridrich Chʹolderlin, Фрідріх Гельдерлін, Johann-Christian Friedrich Hölderlin, Fridrich Ch'olderlin, .. Holḍālina, פרידריך הלדרלין, فریدریش ھۆڵدەرلین, .. Herudārin, هولدرلين، فريدريش،, Фридрих Хьолдерлин, Johann C. Hölderlin, Heerdelin, .. Hildarlin, Christian Johann Friedrich Hoelderlin, ヘルダーリン, Friedrich Holderlin, Fridericus Hölderlin, Friedrich Gelʹderlin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Johann Christoph Friedrich Hölderlin, יוהאן כריסטיאן פרידריך הלדרלין, 弗里德里希·荷尔德林, Hillmar, Frederich Holderlin, Johann Hölderlin, J. Ch. F. Hölderlin, Frédéric Hoelderlin, Phrēntrich Chailnterlin, Fryderyk Hölderlin, Fridrih Helderlin, Hoelderlin, Müəllif:Fridrix Hölderlin, .. Chainterlin, Johan Christian Friedrich Hölderlin, Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin, فریدریش هولدرلین, .. Holderlin, Frīdrihs Helderlīns, Иоганн Христиан Фридрих Гёльдерлин, Friedrich Hoelderlin, Fridrikh Gelʹderlin, Friedrich Johann Christian Hölderlin, Furîdorihhi Herudârîn, فريدرش هولدرلين, Ֆրիդրիխ Հյոլդեռլին, Friedrich Hölderling, 弗里德里希 荷尔德林, .. He'erdelin, Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin, Hölderlin, J. Ch. Friedrich Hölderlin, יוהן כריסטין פרידריך הלדרלין, Fridrikh Kholʹderlin, F. Hölderlin, Фридрих Хелдерлин, Johannes Christian Friedrich Hölderlin, Иоганн Христиан Фридрих Гельдерлин, He er de lin, フリードリヒ・ヘルダーリン, Frîdrîk Helderlîn, .. Gelʹderlin, Гельдерлин, 프리드리히 횔덜린, Frīdrīš Hūldarlīn, Federico Hölderlin, .. Hoelderlin, Хельдерлин - Born:
- March 20, 1770
- Died:
- June 7, 1843
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Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (UK: , US: ; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhœldɐliːn] (listen); 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Particularly due to his early association with and philosophical influence on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, he was also an important thinker in the development of German Idealism.Born in Lauffen am Neckar, Hölderlin had a childhood marked by bereavement. His mother intended for him to enter the Lutheran ministry, and he attended the Tübinger Stift, where he was friends with Hegel and Schelling. He graduated in 1793 but could not devote himself to the Christian faith, instead becoming a tutor. Two years later, he briefly attended the University of Jena, where he interacted with Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Novalis, before resuming his career as a tutor. He struggled to establish himself as a poet, and was plagued by mental illness. He was sent to a clinic in 1806 but deemed incurable and instead given lodging by a carpenter, Ernst Zimmer. He spent the final 36 years of his life in Zimmer's residence, and died in 1843 at the age of 73. Hölderlin followed the tradition of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller as an admirer of Greek mythology and Ancient Greek poets such as Pindar and Sophocles, and melded Christian and Hellenic themes in his works. Martin Heidegger, upon whom Hölderlin had a great influence, said: "Hölderlin is one of our greatest, that is, most impending thinkers because he is our greatest poet."
