Samuel Gotthold Lange (born 22 March 1711 in

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (), is the second largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East Berlin, East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chem ...

; died 25 June 1781 in Beesenlaublingen, Bernburg district) was a German writer.

Biography

He was the son of the

pietist Pietism (), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christianity, Christian life. Although the movement is ali ...

Joachim Lange. He studied

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at Halle, and there became acquainted with Pyra, with whom he wrote ''Thyrsis' und Damons freundschaftliche Lieder'' (1745), attacked

Gottsched Johann Christoph Gottsched (2 February 1700 – 12 December 1766) was a German philosopher, author, critic and grammarian of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment. Biography Early life He was born at Mendeleyevo, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad ...

, whom they had both ardently followed before, and opposed the use of rhyme in poetry. His strongest claim to fame is a version of Horace's ''Odes'' (1752), which

Lessing Lessing is a German surname of Slavic origin. The original Sorbian form, ''Lěsnik'', means either "forest dweller" or "woodman", ''lěs'' meaning "wood forest". People with the surname Lessing include a German family of writers, artists, musicians ...

criticised.

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* 1711 births 1781 deaths University of Halle alumni German poets German male poets {{Germany-writer-stub