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Emil Rittershaus

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Emil Rittershaus
Rittershaus in an illustration published 1870
Born(1834-04-03)3 April 1834
Died8 March 1897(1897-03-08) (aged 62)
Resting placeHeckinghausen
Occupation(s)poet, librettist, writer, merchant
SpouseHedwig Rittershaus
ChildrenWalther Rittershaus, Alfred Rittershaus, Julius Rittershaus, Adeline Rittershaus, Helene Schaper

Friedrich Emil Rittershaus (3 April 1834 – 8 March 1897) was a German poet.

Biography

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He was born in Barmen (now Wuppertal), Kingdom of Prussia. His poetry, marked by simple feeling, fine diction, and original matter, won great popularity.[1] 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.[2] He knew Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and wrote several letters to them in 1867–1868.[3]

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Selected works

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  • — (1880) [First ed. 1855]. Gedichte [Poems] (6th ed.). Breslau: Eduard Trewendt. OCLC 608819518.
  • Westfalenlied [de] (Westphalia Anthem; 1886)
  • — (1890) [First ed. c. 1886]. Buch der Leidenschaft [Book of Passion] (in German) (3rd ed.). OCLC 68063153.
  • — (1893) [First ed. 1893]. In Bruderliebe und Brudertreue [In brotherly love and brotherly loyalty] (in German). Hesse. OCLC 1133304482.
  • — (1893). Spruchperlen heitrer lebenskunst [Proverbs of cheerful life] (in German). Berlin: G. Grote. OCLC 798559250.
  • — (1900) [First ed. 1884]. Am Rhein und beim Wein Gedichte (4th stereotype ed.). Bonn: Strauß. OCLC 1068827667.

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