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| birth_name = Luise Adelgunde Victorie Kulmus
| birth_name = Luise Adelgunde Victorie Kulmus
| birth_date = {{birth date|1713|4|11|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1713|4|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Danzig]]
| birth_place = [[Danzig]], Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
| death_date =  {{death date and age|1762|6|26|1713|4|11|df=yes}}
| death_date =  {{death date and age|1762|6|26|1713|4|11|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Leipzig]]
| death_place = [[Leipzig]], Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
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| nationality = German
| nationality = German
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==Biography==
==Biography==
She was born in Danzig ([[Gdańsk]]), [[Royal Prussia]], region of [[Poland]]. She became acquainted with her husband, the poet and author [[Johann Christoph Gottsched]], when she sent him some of her own works. He apparently was impressed, and a long correspondence eventually led to marriage. After marriage, Luise continued to write and publish,<ref>{{cite web |title=Luise K. Gottsched: A biography |url=http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/Gottsched/chronSimple.php?time=courtship&subtime=courtshipIntro |website=Brown University |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref> and was also her husband's faithful helper in his literary labours.<ref>{{EB9|wstitle=Gottsched, Johann Christoph|volume=10}}</ref> Her uncle was the anatomist [[Johann Adam Kulmus]].
She was born in Danzig ([[Gdańsk]]) in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. She became acquainted with her husband, the poet and author [[Johann Christoph Gottsched]], when she sent him some of her own works. He apparently was impressed, and a long correspondence eventually led to marriage. After marriage, Luise continued to write and publish,<ref>{{cite web |title=Luise K. Gottsched: A biography |url=https://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/Gottsched/chronSimple.php?time=courtship&subtime=courtshipIntro |website=Brown University |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref> and was also her husband's faithful helper in his literary labours.<ref>{{EB9|wstitle=Gottsched, Johann Christoph|volume=10}}</ref> Her uncle was the anatomist [[Johann Adam Kulmus]].


==Works==
==Works==
She wrote several popular [[Comedy|comedies]], of which ''Das Testament'' is the best, and translated ''[[The Spectator (1711)|The Spectator]]'' (9&nbsp;volumes, 1739–1743), [[Alexander Pope]]'s ''[[The Rape of the Lock|Rape of the Lock]]'' (1744) and other English and French works.  After her death her husband edited her ''Sämtliche kleinere Gedichte'' with a memoir (1763).<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Gottsched, Johann Christoph|volume=12|inline=1}}</ref>
She wrote several popular [[Comedy|comedies]], including ''Das Testament'', and translated ''[[The Spectator (1711)|The Spectator]]'' (9&nbsp;volumes, 1739–1743), [[Alexander Pope]]'s ''[[The Rape of the Lock|Rape of the Lock]]'' (1744) and other English and French works.  After her death her husband edited her ''Sämtliche kleinere Gedichte'' with a memoir (1763).<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Gottsched, Johann Christoph|volume=12|inline=1}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:18th-century German translators]]
[[Category:18th-century German translators]]
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[[Category:Immigrants to the Holy Roman Empire]]
[[Category:Poets from the Electorate of Saxony]]

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Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched (Template:Nee Kulmus; 11 April 1713 – 26 June 1762) was a German poet, playwright, essayist, and translator,[1] and is often considered one of the founders of modern German theatrical comedy.[2]

Biography

She was born in Danzig (Gdańsk) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. She became acquainted with her husband, the poet and author Johann Christoph Gottsched, when she sent him some of her own works. He apparently was impressed, and a long correspondence eventually led to marriage. After marriage, Luise continued to write and publish,[3] and was also her husband's faithful helper in his literary labours.[4] Her uncle was the anatomist Johann Adam Kulmus.

Works

She wrote several popular comedies, including Das Testament, and translated The Spectator (9 volumes, 1739–1743), Alexander Pope's Rape of the Lock (1744) and other English and French works. After her death her husband edited her Sämtliche kleinere Gedichte with a memoir (1763).[5]

References

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  1. Hilary Brown, Luise Gottsched the Translator (Camden House, 2012, Template:ISBN).
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