www.goethe.de Contact Home German Collections ... Authors > Eichendorff, Joseph von Joseph von Eichendorff Aust, Stefan Bánk, Zsuzsa Benn, Gottfried ... Duve, Karen Eichendorff, Joseph von Fauser, Jörg Glauser, Friedrich Goethe, Johann W. von Grass, Günter ... Search born 10 March 1788 at Lubowitz Castle near Ratibor died 26 November 1857 in Neisse © Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg studies law in Halle, Heidelberg and Vienna; meets von Arnim, Brentano and Kleist: travels extensively; publishes first collection of poems fights in the wars of liberation against Napoleon’s occupation of Europe; marries Luise von Larisch; publishes his first novel “Ahnung und Gegenwart” joins the Prussian civil service; holds positions in Breslau, Danzig and Königsberg: publishes “Life of a Good for Nothing” moves with his family to Berlin, where he works for several ministries; publishes the novels “Dichter und ihre Gesellen”, “Das Schloss Dürande” and “Collected Poems” retires from civil service due to illness; meets Robert and Clara Schumann, Grillparzer and Stifter during a long stay in Vienna; returns to Berlin joins his daughter in Neisse; death of his wife; friendship with the archbishop of Breslau, sojourns at the estate of Seldnitz | |
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