Erik Gustaf Geijer

Japanese: イェイイェル（英語表記）Erik Gustaf Geijer

1783‐1847
Swedish poet and historian. Professor of history at Uppsala University (1817-46). As a poet, he published works praising the virtues of the old Goths, and as a historical work, he is known for his three-volume "History of the Swedish Nation" (1832-36). He also served as a member of parliament and took a conservative stance politically, but he sympathized with the new liberal trends of the late 1830s and was criticized for changing his stance. However, unlike his colleague Amadeus Atterbom (1790-1855), who remained staunchly conservative, he was an optimistic man who, in his later years, regained his once-diminished poetic ability and began to publish excellent short poems.

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Japanese:

1783‐1847
スウェーデンの詩人，歴史学者。ウプサラ大学歴史学教授(1817‐46)。詩人としては古いゴート族の美徳をたたえる作品を発表，歴史学の著作としては《スウェーデン国民史》3巻(1832‐36)が著名。国会議員もつとめ，政治的には保守的な立場にいたが，1830年代後半の新しい自由主義的傾向に共鳴，変節とも評されたが，保守主義の立場を貫いた同僚アッテルボムAmadeus Atterbom(1790‐1855)とは異なり，楽天的な彼は晩年に，いったん衰えた詩作の力を回復し，すぐれた短詩を発表するようになった。

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