Wilhelm Waiblinger | |
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| Born | 21 November 1804 |
| Died | 17 or 30 January 1830 Rome,Papal States |
| Occupation | Poet |
Wilhelm Waiblinger (German:[ˈvilhɛlmˈvaɪblɪŋɐ]ⓘ; 21 November 1804 – 17 or 30 January 1830) was a Germanromantic poet, mostly remembered today in connection withFriedrich Hölderlin. After he had attendedGymnasium Illustre inStuttgart,[1] he was a student at the seminary ofTübingen in the 1820s, when Hölderlin, already mentally ill, lived there as a recluse in a carpenter's house. Waiblinger, who used to visit the older poet and take him out for walks, left an account of Hölderlin's life then,Hölderlins Leben, Dichtung und Wahnsinn ("Hölderlin's life, poetry and madness"). In the late 1820s, Waiblinger left Tübingen forItaly, dying at the age of 25 in Rome, where he is buried in theProtestant Cemetery.[2]
In his short story "Im Presselschen Gartenhaus" ("In Pressel’s Garden-house", 1913),Hermann Hesse gives a touching picture of a visit to Hölderlin by Waiblinger and the poetEduard Mörike, both young theology students in Tübingen, like Hölderlin himself decades before.
