readers with artistically primed translations that were true to the original texts of well known foreign language texts, which remain of value two centuries later. Translations into German (not a complete list) Torquato Tassos Befreites Jerusalem, 1800–1803 Ariosts Rasender Roland, 1804–1808;newly reworked edition: Lodovico Ariosto's Rasender Roland, 5 volumes, Jena 1827–1828 Calderon's Plays, 1815–1826 Bojardos Verliebter Roland, 1835–1837 References Writers from Hamburg German poets German translators 1775 births 1842 deaths