This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (May 2024) |
Abraham Peter Carl Siebel (13 January 1836 – 9 May 1868) was a German merchant, poet, and friend of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. His pseudonyms were Emil Thilva[1] and Julius Morton.[2]
Abraham Peter Carl Siebel | |
|---|---|
.png) Siebel in 1872 | |
| Born | 13 January 1836 |
| Died | 9 May 1868 (aged 32) |
| Other names | Emil Thilva, Julius Morton |
| Occupation(s) | Merchant, poet |
| Known for | Poetry, friendship with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels |
| Spouse | Eleonora Augusta Christina Reinhilda Freiin von Hurter |
| Children | 3 |
Life
editBorn Abraham Peter Carl Siebel, in Barmen, Germany, he was the son of the lace manufacturer Karl August Siebel (1805 – 1888) and Emilia (Emilie) Kampermann (1812 – 1878). After being tutored by a private teacher, he attended the Barmer City School and then a higher school in Rheydt. In 1850, his father determined that he should apprentice in the family firm "Abraham Siebel & Son." He was not very fond of the profession and therefore turned to poetry. His friends were Emil Rittershaus and Hugo Oelbermann. Together they founded the Wuppertal poets' circle. Later, he joined the Sonntagskränzchen (Sunday gathering) of Friedrich Roeber.
From 1852, Siebel was associated with the literary journal Morgenblatt für gebildete Leser (Morning paper for educated readers) and its editor Hermann Hauff. From 1853 to 1866, Siebel corresponded with Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter. Between 1854 and 1858, he wrote eleven letters to Nikolaus Hocker.
Between 1856 and 1859, he spent a considerable amount of time travelling in Berlin and Manchester, where he met Friedrich Engels in 1859[3] and Wilhelm Wolff. In May 1859, Siebel was to report as a reserve soldier to the Prussian Guard in Berlin.[4]
He participated in a festival marking the centenary of Friedrich Schiller's birth in Manchester on 10 November 1859,[5] with the poem "Epilogue".[6]
,_Emil_Rittershaus_(1834%E2%80%931857)_und_Carl_Michels_(1831%E2%80%931866),_1859.png)
In 1860, he returned to his homeland to marry on 14 November 1860. His wife was Eleonora Augusta Christina Reinhilda (Reinhilde) Freiin von Hurter (1842–1880). The marriage produced three children: Emilie Maria Siebel (b. 1862), Anna Reinhilde Siebel (b. 25 August 1863), and Carl Reinhold Siebel (b. 17 August 1867).
In May 1861, Karl Marx visited him in Elberfeld.[7] In 1864, Siebel founded a section of the International Workingmen's Association in Barmen.[8]
Due to a chest ailment, he travelled to Funchal on the island of Madeira for healing purposes in 1866 and 1867.
Siebel supported Karl Marx through reviews[9] and advertisements in the German press to promote Marx's Das Kapital throughout 1867.[10]
Shortly after his return from Madeira, he died of consumption in Elberfeld on 9 May 1868—he had lost weight quickly in the fortnight before his death, and was planning to travel to the Rhine.[11][12][13] He was buried in the Bartholomäusstraße Cemetery in Barmen.[14][verification needed][15]
Legacy
editGerman politician Johann Viktor Bredt called him a "poet by divine grace" in 1937,[16] while Friedrich Engels summarised him in a letter to Jenny Marx on 22 December 1859: "Give me Siebel any day; he may be a rotten poet, but he does at least know that he is a thorough humbug and all he asks is to be allowed to advertise himself—nowadays a necessary procédé [process] without which he would be a complete nonentity."[17]
The poet Eduard Mörike expressed negative opinions about the quality of his poetry in a letter to Karl von Grüneisen on November 17, 1860.[18]
From the year 1865, four letters from Siebel to Wilhelm Jordan are preserved. Two letters to Gottfried Kinkel are in Kinkel's literary estate, two letters to Karl Gutzkow are kept in Frankfurt, and one letter to Paul Heyse is in the Munich State Library.
Works
editYou can help expand this section with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (May 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
References
edit- ^ Rochus von Liliencron (1892), "Carl Siebel", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 34, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 166–167
- ^ UT 1865, p. 605.
- ^ Marx & Engels 2010a, p. 372, Engels to Marx. 27 January 1859: "I have had another visitor in the person of a Wuppertal poet and distant relation of mine; in London he made straight for Freiligrath, of course, who wrote saying that he seemed to be a nice chap."
- ^ Marx & Engels 2010a, p. 442, Engels to Lassalle. 18 May 1859: "I have had with me here a young German poet (Carl Siebel), a distant relative who hails from my neighbourhood, and has had a good deal to do with the stage. He may be coming to Berlin as a reservist in the Prussian Guard, in which case I may take the liberty of giving him a note for you."
- ^ Marx & Engels 2010a, p. 640: "Marx refers to the festivities to mark the centenary of Schiller's birth on 10 November 1859. The preparations in London were handled by a jubilee committee consisting of petty-bourgeois refugees headed by Gottfried Kinkel, who hoped to use the festival for his own publicity purposes."
- ^ Marx & Engels 2010a, pp. 530–531, Engels to Marx. 17 November 1859: "Schiller festival. Programme enclosed, likewise the original poetical creations consisting, as you will observe, of Prologue by Meissner, Catalogue by Samelson, Epilogue by Siebel. [...] Siebel's epilogue, delivered by Link in a most melodious voice and with much decorum, was effective."
- ^ Marx & Engels 2010b, p. 289, Marx to Engels. 10 May 1861: "Went to see Siebel in Elberfeld. Had supper with him in Barmen."
- ^ Wuppertal ist historischer Boden des Sozialismus [Wuppertal is the historical ground of socialism] (PDF) (in German). 2003. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2016.
- ^ See facsimile of Siebel, Karl (6 December 1867). "Carl Marx: Das Capital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie. Erster Band. Hamburg, Otto Meißner. 1867". Barmer Zeitung. in: Skambraks, Hannes; Dlubek, Rolf (1967). "Das Kapital" von Karl Marx in der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung: 1867 bis 1878, Abriss und Zeugnisse der Wirkungsgeschichte ['Das Kapital' by Karl Marx in the German labour movement: 1867 to 1878, outline and evidence of the history of its impact] (in German). Berlin: Dietz Verlag. p. 144. OCLC 460386976.
- ^ "Carl Siebel an Karl Marx in London" [Carl Siebel to Karl Marx in London]. Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe Digital (in German). International Marx-Engels Foundation. 8 October 1867. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Brümmer 1913.
- ^ Engels, Elizabeth (11 May 1868). "Elisabeth Engels an Friedrich Engels in Manchester" [Elisabeth Engels to Friedrich Engels in Manchester]. Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe Digital (in German). International Marx-Engels Foundation.
- ^ Marx & Engels 2010c, pp. 34–35, Engels to Marx. 15 May 1868
- ^ Hirsch, Helmut (1968). Friedrich Engels in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten [Friedrich Engels in personal testimonies and photographic documents] (in German). Rowohlt Verlag. p. 20. ISBN 978-3-499-50142-5.
- ^ Meis, Mona Sabine (2010). "Historische Grabdenkmäler der Wupperregion dokumentiert und analysiert vor dem Hintergrund der Entwicklung der Sepulkralkultur" [Historical Tomb Monuments of the Wupper Region Documented and Analyzed Against the Background of the Development of Sepulchral Culture] (in German). Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften. pp. 259–260. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Bredt 1937, p. 114.
- ^ Marx & Engels 2010a, p. 557, Engels to Jenny Marx. 22 December 1859
- ^ Mörike, Eduard; Krummacher, Hans-Henrik; Meyer, Herbert; Zeller, Bernhard (1968). "Letter No. 137". Werke und Briefe. Vol. 17. Stuttgart: Klett. ISBN 978-3-608-33010-6.
Bibliography
edit- Brümmer, Franz (1913). "Siebel, Karl". Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten von Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart [Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present] (in German). Vol. 6. Leipzig: Reclam. p. 422.
- Bredt, Johann Viktor (1937). Geschichte der Familie Siebel. Ein Beitrag zur Kultur- und Kirchengeschichte des Niederrheins. Marburg: J. V. Bredt.
- Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich (2010a). Marx and Engels Collected Works: Letters 1856–59. Vol. 40. Lawrence and Wishart. ISBN 978-1-84327-984-6.
- Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich (2010b). Marx and Engels Collected Works: Letters 1860–64. Vol. 41. Lawrence and Wishart. ISBN 978-1-84327-985-3.
- Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich (2010c). Marx and Engels Collected Works: Letters 1868–70. Vol. 43. Lawrence and Wishart. ISBN 978-1-84327-987-7.
- "Karl Siebel". Unsere Tage: Blicke aus der Zeit in die Zeit: culturgeschichtliche Revue in zwanglosen Heften [Our days: looks from time into time: cultural-historical review in informal magazines] (in German). Vol. 6. Germany: Westermann. 1864. pp. 604–609.
External links
edit
- Literature by and about Carl Siebel in the German National Library catalogue
- Carl Siebel love poems and biography (in German)
- Poems by Carl Siebel (German Poetry Library)[permanent dead link] (in German)