Friedrich Wilhelm Adami (18 October 1816 – 5 August 1893) was a German author, critic, and publicist. He was born atSuhl, Thuringia, Germany, studied medicine, then philosophy and history, inBerlin. He was a regulartheater critic and columnist for theNeue Preussische Zeitung newspaper, as well as doing translations. Among his most renowned original works areEin ehrlicher Mann (1850) andDer Doppelgänger (1870). Among his collections of historical tales areFürstenund Volksbilder aus der vaterländischen Geschichte (1863) andAus den Tagen zweier Könige (two volumes, 1866). His works are known for his clear writing style and a thoroughly patriotic tone.[1]
Adami was the son of a surgeon, Christian Gottlieb Adami, and his wife Regina Dorothea. At his father's behest, he began studying medicine in 1835, in Berlin, but soon switched to philosophy and history. On 28 September 1841, Adami married the actress Auguste Pohl in Berlin.
In 1836, he starting working as a freelance employee for theBerliner Figaro for the publisherErnst Litfaß. In 1839, he foundedSonnenblumen (the "Sunflower"), which was an annual almanac of historical and modern novels. He stopped publishing it after ten years due to therevolutions of 1848 in the German states. He then became a critic and columnist for theNeuen Preußischen Zeitung newspaper in 1849.
Adami was considered a conservative and he was, in his time, a successful writer. For many of his publications, he used the pen namePaul Fronberg.
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