!!!Stubenberg, Johann Wilhelm Graf

b. Nove Město nad Metují, Czech Republic (then Neustadt an der Mettau), April 22 (?), 1619, 
d. Vienna, March 15, 1663, translator. 1642-1657 lived in Schallaburg 
Castle; was a Protestant. S. is considered one of the most outstanding 
translators of his time; translated contemporary Italian (G. F. 
Biondi, G. A. Marini, G. F. Loredano) and French (M. de Scudery) 
novels as well as New Latin essays (F. Bacon). Strove in particular to 
promote acceptance of German as a literary language; member of the 
society "Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft" from 1648; mentor and literary 
patron C. R. v.  Greiffenberg.

!Literature
M. Bircher, J. W. v. S. und sein Freundeskreis, 1968.



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