Fouqué - Fuke (English spelling) Friedrich de la Motte-Fouqué

A German writer of late Romanticism. Born in Brandenburg, he was the son of a distinguished French aristocrat who emigrated to Germany in the 17th century. He served in the Prussian military during the war against Napoleon. He was deeply fascinated by the heroic age of ancient Scandinavia and the world of medieval German knights, and wrote many fantastical stories and plays based on myths and legends. His Undine (1811), a story about the tragic love of a water fairy, is a typical example of late Romantic literature. It was made into an opera by Lortzing (1845), but it is also famous for being later adapted into a play by the French writer Giraudoux as Ondine (1939).

[Nakai Chiyuki]

"Undine, the Water Spirit, translated by Eisuke Kado (1948, Kobundo)" ▽ "The Water Spirit Chronicle, translated by Jisaburo Shibata (Iwanami Bunko)"

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ドイツ後期ロマン派の作家。17世紀、ドイツに移住したフランス名門貴族の出。ブランデンブルク生まれ。プロイセンの軍人として対ナポレオン戦争に従軍。古代北欧の英雄時代と中世ドイツの騎士世界に強くあこがれ、神話・伝説を素材にした幻想的な物語や戯曲を多数つくった。水の妖精(ようせい)の悲恋を描いた物語『ウンディーネ』（1811）は後期ロマン主義文学の一典型。ロルツィングによるオペラ化（1845）もあるが、のちに、フランスの作家ジロドゥーによって『オンディーヌ』（1939）として戯曲化されたことでも有名。

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『角英祐訳『水の精ウンディーネ』（1948・弘文堂）』▽『柴田治三郎訳『水妖記』（岩波文庫）』

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