Julius Waldemar Grosse (25 April 1828 – 9 May 1902),Germanpoet, the son of a military chaplain, was born atErfurt.
He received his early education at the gymnasium inMagdeburg, and on leaving school and showing disinclination for theministry, entered anarchitect's office. But his mind was bent uponliterature, and in 1849 he entered theuniversity of Halle, where, although inscribed as a student oflaw, he devoted himself almost exclusively to letters. His first poeticalessay was with the tragedyCola di Rienzi (1851), followed in the same year by a comedy,Eine NachtpartieShakespeares, which was at once produced on the stage.[1]
The success of these first two pieces encouraged him to follow literature as a profession, and proceeding in 1852 toMunich, he joined the circle of young poets of whomPaul Heyse andHermann Lingg (1820–1905) were the chief. For six years (1855–1861) he was dramatic critic of theNeue Münchener Zeitung, and was then for a while on the staff of theLeipziger Illustrierte Zeitung, but in 1862 he returned to Munich as editor of theBayrische Zeitung, a post he retained until the paper ceased to exist in 1867.[1]
In 1869 Grosse was appointed secretary of theSchiller-Stiftung, and lived for the next few years alternately inWeimar,Dresden and Munich, until, in 1890, he took up his permanent residence in Weimar. He was made Grand-ducal Hofrat and had the title of professor. He died at Torbole on theLago di Garda on 9 May 1902.[1]
Grosse was a most prolific writer of novels, dramas and poems. As a lyric poet, especially inGedichte (1857) andAus bewegten Tagen, a volume of poems (1869), he showed himself more to advantage than in his novels, of which latter, however,Untreu aus Mitleid (2 vols, 1868);Vox populi, vox dei (1869);Maria Mancini (1871);Neue Erzahlungen (1875);Sophie Monnier (1876), andEin Frauenlos (1888) are remarkable for a certain elegance of style. His tragedies,Die Ynglinger (1858);Tiberius (180);Johann von Schwaben; and the comedyDie steinerne Braut, had considerable success on the stage.[1]
Grosse'sGesammelte dramatische Werke appeared in 7 vols in Leipzig (1870), while hisErzahlende Dichtungen were published at Berlin (6 vols, 1871–1873). See also his autobiography,Literarische Ursachen und Wirkungen (1896); R Prutz,Die Literatur der Gegenwart (1859); J Eth,J. Grosse all epischer Dichter (1872).[1]
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