Rückert, Friedrich

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• * 1788-05-16
• ~ as Johann Michael Friedrich
• oo 1821
• † 1866-01-31
• 10 children, three of whom died early.

Was a prolific German poet known for his facility with many different verse forms. Also a translator and a co-founder of German Orientalism.

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References

• Die Deutche Gedichtebibliothek, s.v. "Gedichte » Friedrich Rückert." (accessed January 25, 2011).
• Encyclopædia Britannica, s.v. "Friedrich Rückert." (accessed January 25, 2011).
• Kruse, Günter. ”Die Familie des fränkischen Dichters und Sprachwissenschaftlers Friedrich Rückert und Ahnengemeinschaften mit Lenin.” [The family of the Franconian poet and linguist Friedrich Rückert and the ancestral ties with Lenin.] [in German] Archiv für Familiengeschichtsforschung no. 4 (2006), quoted in Renner, Manfred. ”Lenins Parchimer Vorfahren.” Ahnenforschung.net (2008). (accessed January 14, 2011).
• Rückert-Gesellschafte e.V. rueckert-gesellschaft.de