Tegnér, Esaias

Japanese: テグネール（英語表記）Tegnér， Esaias

Born: November 13, 1782, Värmland, Tyrseld
[Died] November 2, 1846, Östravös. Swedish poet. Born as the youngest child of a poor pastor, he studied at the University of Lund and became a professor of Greek at his alma mater at the age of 29. At the age of 42, he was appointed bishop of Växjö in Småland. In 1840, his depression worsened and he became delirious, and in his later years he vacillated between insanity and sanity, dying in a psychiatric hospital. His representative works include the long poem Svea (1811), which inspired patriotism in the entire nation, and the epic poem Fritiofs saga (25), based on the ancient Icelandic sagas.

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Japanese:

[生]1782.11.13. ベルムランド，チュルチェルド
[没]1846.11.2. エストラボ
スウェーデンの詩人。貧しい牧師の末子に生れ，ルンド大学に学び，29歳で母校のギリシア語教授となった。 42歳のときスモーランド地方のベクシェーの主教に任じられた。 1840年憂鬱症が高じて錯乱状態となり，晩年は狂気と正気の間を彷徨して精神病院で死んだ。代表作は全国民を愛国心に奮い立たせた長詩『スベア』 Svea (1811) ，古代アイスランドのサガをもとにした叙事詩『フリチヨフのサガ』 Fritiofs saga (25) など。

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