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Klaus Groth (
April 24,
1819 -
June 1,
1899),
Low German poet, was born at Heide in
Schleswig-Holstein.
After studying at the seminary in
Tondern (1838–1841), he became a teacher at the girls school in his native village, but in
1847 went to
Kiel to qualify for a higher educational post. Ill health interrupted his studies and it wasn't until 1853 that he was able to resume them at Kiel. In
1856 he took the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy at
Bonn, and in 1858 settled as
Privatdozent in German literature and languages at Kiel, where, in 1866, he was made professor, and where he lived until his death.
Groth was good friends with
Johannes Brahms, and Brahms set many of his songs to music.
In his Low German (
Plattdeutsch) lyric and epic poems, which reflect the influence of
Johann Peter Hebel, Groth gives poetic expression to the country life of his northern home; and though his descriptions may not always reflect the peculiar characteristics of the peasantry of Holstein as faithfully as those of
Fritz Reuter, yet Groth is a lyric poet of genuine inspiration.
His chief works are
Quickborn, Volksleben -in plattdeutschen Gedichten Ditmarscher Mundart (1852; 25th ed. 1900; and in
standard German translations, notably by MJ Berchem,
Krefeld, 1896); and two volumes of stories,
Vertelln (1835-1859, 3rd ed. 1881); also
Vær de Görn (1858) and
Ut min Jungsparadies (1875).
Groth's
Gesammelte Werke appeared in 4 vols (1893). His
Lebenserinnerungen were edited by E. Wolff in 1891; see also K. Eggers,
K. Groth und die plattdeutsche Dichtung (1885); and biographies by A. Bartels (1899) and H. Siercks (1899).
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