SALOMON GESZNER
\sˈalɒmən d͡ʒˈɛsznə], \sˈalɒmən dʒˈɛsznə], \s_ˈa_l_ɒ_m_ə_n dʒ_ˈɛ_s_z_n_ə]\
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A Swiss poet and painter; born in Zurich, April 1, 1730; died there, March 2, 1788. Painting and etching were his earliest pursuits, and he distinguished himself in both; but his friendship with Wieland and Kleist turned him towards literature. His first success as a poet was in the "Song of the Swiss to his Armed Sweetheart", in 1751. "Daphnis" and a volume of "Idylls" spread his fame widely, and the "Death of Abel" had great vogue in its day. He affected a mockheroic style that is now distasteful.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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