Rudolf Borchardt
German poet (1877-1945) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 67
Rudolf Borchardt was a German essayist, poet and cultural historian. He is perhaps best known for translating Dante's Divine Comedy into his own type of German language.
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The German classical philologist Ernst A. Schmidt has called Borchardt "one of the most problematic figures in early twentieth-century European cultural history" and "one of Germany's finest poets."
Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1945 · aged 67
