Friedrich Hölderlin

Hölderlin by Franz Carl Hiemer, 1792 Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (, ; ; 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." Provided by Wikipedia
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    Gesammelte Werke by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Gütersloh : Bertelsmann, 1955
    Format: Book


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    Werke in vier Teilen by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Berlin : [publisher not identified], 1908
    Format: Book


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    Vom heiligen Reich der Deutschen by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Jena : E. Diederichs, 1935
    Format: Book


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    Sämtliche Werke. by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Stuttgart, W. Kohlhammer 1966
    [Kleine Stuttgarter Ausg.]
    Format: Book


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    Gesammelte Werke. by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    [Bielefeld] S. Mohn 1961
    Format: Book


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    What I own : versions of Hölderlin & Mandelshtam by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Manchester : Carcanet, 1998
    Format: Book


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    Sämtliche Gedichte : Studienausgabe by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    [Bad Homburg v.d.H.] : Athenäum, 1970
    Format: Book


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    Hymns and fragments by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1984
    Format: Book


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    Hölderlin; [selected verse]. by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Baltimore : Penguin Books, 1961
    Format: Book


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    Selected poems. by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    London : The Hogarth press, 1914
    Format: Book


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    Friedrich Hölderlins ausgewählte Werke by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Stuttgart : J.G. Cotta, 1874
    Format: Book


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    Friedrich Hölderlin : essays and letters on theory by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, 1987
    Format: Book


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    Archipelagus by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Zürich : Atlantis Verlag, 1962
    Format: Book


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    Hölderlin und Diotima ; Dichtungen und Briefe der Liebe. Hrsg. von Rudolf Ibel. by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Hamburg : C. Wegner, 1948
    Format: Book


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    Hyperion; or, The hermit in Greece. by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    F. Ungar Pub. Co. 1965
    Format: Book


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    Sämtliche gedichte; by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    [Bad Homburg v.d. H.] Athenäum Verlag 1970
    Format: Book


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    Ausgewählte Briefe by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Jena : E. Diederichs, 1910
    Format: Book


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    Friedrich Hölderlin by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    München : Heimeran, 1973
    Format: Book


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    Friedrich Hölderlin. : Gedichte und Briefe by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Berlin : Paul Franke, 1925
    Format: Book


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    Sämtliche Werke und Briefe by Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843

    Frankfurt am Main : Deutscher Klassiker Verlag, 1992
    Format: Book