Craigher de Jachelutta, Jakob Nikolaus#
b. Lipossullo (Friuli, Italy), Dec. 11, 1797, d. Cormons near Goerz/Gorizia (Italy), May 17, 1855, poet and translator. Came to Vienna as a merchant around 1820 and published his sensitive poetry in Viennese magazines; member of the circle around C.M. Hofbauer and of the circle around F. Schubert, who put several of his poems to music. From 1843 Belgian consul in Trieste.
Works#
Poetische Betrachtungen in freyen Stunden, 1828 (poetry); Erinnerungen an den Orient, 1847 (description of a journey).Literature#
H. Zeman, Die oe. Literature. Ihr Profil im 19. Jh., 1982.