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Biography of Eduard Mörike

Eduard Mörike was a German poet, novelist, and translator. He was born in 1804 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. His father was a doctor and his mother was the daughter of a pastor. Unfortunately, his father passed away in 1817.

Mörike attended a Latin school in Ludwigsburg and later studied at the seminary in Bad Urach. He went on to complete his theological studies at the University of Tübingen. During his time as a student, he became friends with the poet Wilhelm Waiblinger, who introduced him to the ailing Friedrich Hölderlin.

After completing his studies, Mörike served as an assistant pastor in various parishes in Baden-Württemberg starting from 1826. In 1834, he finally obtained a pastoral position in Cleversulzbach near Weinsberg.

Due to his delicate health and hypochondriac tendencies, Mörike retired from his pastoral duties in 1851. He then became a teacher of German literature at a girls' school in Stuttgart. In 1866, he retired from his teaching career.

Mörike belonged to the so-called "Swabian School" of German romanticism, which included other renowned writers such as Ludwig Uhland and Wilhelm Hauf. Many of his poems, known for their rare melodiousness even among romantic poets, were set to music by composers such as Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Hans Pfitzner, Max Reger, and others.

In addition to his poetry, Mörike also wrote prose. His notable works include the novel "Der Maler Nolten" (1832) and the novella "Mozart on the Way to Prague" (1856). He also translated hymns by Homer, as well as poems by Anacreon, Theocritus, and other Greek poets.

Mörike's poems have been translated into Russian by various authors, including Ivan Turgenev, Afanasy Fet, Osip Mandelstam, Lev Andrusov, Aleksandr Shteynberg, Semyon Osherov, Anatoly Karelsky, Georgy Ratgauz, Aleksey Parin, Vladimir Kupriyanov, Dmitry Shchedrovitsky, and Roman Dubrovkin.

The image of Mörike's invented character Orplid, the paradise land in his novel "Der Maler Nolten," has been referenced several times by José Lesama Lima.