Otto Gildemeister
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Otto Gildemeister (13 March 1823 Bremen - 26 August 1902) was a German journalist and translator.
Biography[]
In 1850 he became editor-in-chief of the Weser-Zeitung of Bremen. He is known for his German renderings of Byron's complete works (1864–65; 4th ed. 1888); of a number of plays of Shakespeare, including the historical ones, for the Bodenstedt edition; of Shakespeare's Sonnets (1871); Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (4 vols., 1882); and Dante's Divina Commedia (1888; 3d ed. 1900).
Family[]
He was the brother of German architect Karl Gildemeister.
Notes[]
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References[]
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1906). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
Categories:
- 1823 births
- 1902 deaths
- German journalists
- German male journalists
- English–German translators
- Writers from Bremen
- 19th-century German translators
- 19th-century German writers
- 19th-century German male writers