Wilhelm Hauff

German poet and novelist. Born in Stuttgart. He lost his father at an early age and moved to Tübingen, where he attended a seminary and graduated from the University of Tübingen. He worked as a private tutor from 1824, but quit in 1826 to travel abroad and around Germany. In 1827 he became a newspaper editor. He married that year, but fell ill shortly thereafter and died suddenly, ending his life at less than 25 years old. He started out as a poet, but eventually began writing novels, and became popular with his short stories "A Picture of the Emperor" and "Jewish Siss" (both 1827), his full-length novel "Report from the Devil's Notes" (1826-27), and especially his historical novel "Liechtenstein" (1826). His talent as a writer was best displayed in the field of original fairy tales, and his works "The Caravan," "The Elders of Alessandria and Their Slaves," and "The Inn at Spessart," which were published in the "Yearbook of Fairy Tales" for 1826, 1827, and 1828, respectively, are still loved by many readers today.

[Kusuo Seki]

"The Complete Works of Hauff, translated by Shioya Taro, one volume (1960, Yayoi Shobo)" "The Emperor's Portrait, translated by Fujita Goro (1940, Kobundo)"

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ドイツの詩人、小説家。シュトゥットガルトに生まれる。早く父を失ってチュービンゲンに移り、その地の神学校を経てチュービンゲン大学を卒業。1824年から家庭教師を勤めるが、26年職を辞して外国とドイツ各地を旅行。27年新聞の編集者になる。この年結婚するが、ほどなく病を得て急死、25年に満たない生涯を閉じる。詩人として出発、やがて小説を書き始め、短編『皇帝の絵姿』『ユダヤ人ジュース』（ともに1827）、長編『悪魔の覚え書からの報告』（1826～27）、なかでも歴史小説『リヒテンシュタイン』（1826）によって人気作家となる。彼の作家的資質がもっともよく発揮されたのは創作童話の分野で、1826、27、28年度の『童話年鑑』としてそれぞれ発表された『隊商』『アレッサンドリアの長老とその奴隷たち』『シュペッサルトの宿屋』はいまなお愛読者が多い。

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『塩谷太郎訳『ハウフ童話全集』全一巻（1960・弥生書房）』▽『藤田五郎訳『皇帝の絵姿』（1940・弘文堂）』

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