E. Janota-Bzonwski: Fritz Reuter

Artist: E. Janota-Bzonwski

Nationality: German
Artwork Year: 1985
Image Size: 7.5 by 7.25 inches
Overall Size: 8.25 by 9.25 inches
Medium: Water Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

Although writer Fritz Reuter spent only twenty of his sixty-three years writing, he wrote works that today rank among the world's great literature. As a young man, Reuter wanted to become a painter but instead studied law at the universities of Rostock and Jena to please his father. While there, he joined the Germania fraternity, a revolutionary group fighting for a united Germany. Later, although he was no longer a member of the organization, Reuter was erroneously arrested for attacking the Frankfurt Police Headquarters with the group. Thus, he spent seven years in prison. Following his imprisonment, Fritz Reuter was without a job or a goal and he floundered from one occupation to another. Finally, in 1847, Reuter became engaged to a courageous woman and regained his stability. In 1853, he published his first book, Lauschen und Rimmels, poems full of earthy humor and coarse jests. In 1855 he published another poetry book and, in 1857, his narrative poem Kein Husung was released, exposing the backward conditions of his town. Finally, in 1859, Reuter's humorous narrative Ut de Franzosentid earned him acclaim beyond Northern Germany. Other books followed and eventually the number of published Reuter books exceeded the number of all German classics together. Today, Fritz Reuter is remembered as a writer who helped shape the realistic literature of the nineteenth century.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the Bonn 80pf Reuter stamp issued October 15, 1985.

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