!!!Calaminus eigentlich Georg Roericht b. Srebrnik, Poland, April 23, 1547, d. Linz (Upper Austria), Dec. 11, 1595, playwright, teacher, set up a theatre at the Linz School of Estates in 1578 and was crowned poet laureate in Vienna on March 8, 1595. Poems of great formal mastery, inspiring teacher. !Works Latin Christmas pantomime, 1578; translation of Euripides´ "Phoenician Women"; Helis, 1591; Rudolphus und Ottokarus, 1594 (dramatic poetry); lyric poetry. - Edition: Saemtliche Werke, ed. by R. Hinterndorfer, 1995ff. !Literature NDB; H. Slaby, G. C., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1955. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Calaminus_eigentlich_Georg_Roericht|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]