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Rabbe Smedlund
Rabbe can refer to: * Alphonse Rabbe, a French writer * Rabbe Arnfinn Enckell, a Finnish writer *Wilhelm Raabe Wilhelm Raabe (; September 8, 1831November 15, 1910) was a German novelist. His early works were published under the pseudonym of Jakob Corvinus. Biography He was born in Eschershausen (then in the Duchy of Brunswick, now in the Holzminden Distr ..., a German novelist {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Rabbe
Alphonse Rabbe (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 1784 (?) – Paris, 31 December 1829) was a French writer, historian, critic, and journalist. Life Rabbe was a journalist, writing mostly about the arts. He also published a number of works of popularised history. Disfigured by syphilis and addicted to opium in an effort to make his life bearable, Rabbe is today remembered for his ''Album d'un pessimiste'' in which he writes of the pointlessness of existence. It was published posthumously in 1835. He is also thought to have penned a novel, ''La Sœur grise'', but the manuscript has not survived. Despite his almost complete detachment from society, he was friends with some of the most important literary figures of his day including Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, père, and Benjamin Constant. He died in 1829 from an overdose of laudanum. Though little known today, he inspired like-minded writers such as Baudelaire and Cioran Emil Mihai Cioran (, ; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbe Arnfinn Enckell
Rabbe Arnfinn Enckell (3 March 1903 – 17 June 1974) was a Finnish writer and poet. Enckell is regarded as one of the stalwarts of the Swedo-Finnish poetic revival that began in the 1920s. Enckell was born in Tammela, Tavastia Proper. He studied art in France and Italy. In 1923 he brought out his first poetry collection, entitled ''Dikter''. It was a collection of impressionistic nature poems. The collection and its sequel, Flöjtblåsarlycka (''The Flutist’s Happiness''), which was published in 1925, were contained Enckell's vivid description of the changes in nature. Enckell was a modernist. For a year in 1928-29 he worked for the avant-garde journal ''Quosego''. He then wrote a couple of semi-autobiographical novels, which included ''Ljusdunkel'' (1930). He returned to poetry with the publication of ''The Cistern of Spring'' (1931). He followed it with ''The Sounding Board'' (1935). The modernist streak in his poetry prompted comparisons with T.S. Eliot. Enckell br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |