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Gustav Masing (1789 – 1859)

Author and translator of devotional poetry, author of calendar stories; publisher; scholar of language; Pastor in Vastseliina

Contents

  • 1. General data
  • 2. Texts
  • 3. Secondary literature

General data

Place of birth: Sangaste (Livonia)
Date of birth (N.S./O.S.): 02/02/1789 / 01/22/1789
Place of death: Vastseliina (Livonia)
Date of death (N.S./O.S.): 12/29/1859 / 12/17/1859
Sex: Male
Language: Estonian
Different versions of name: Gustav Masing; Carl Gottfried Gustav Masing; G. Masing; G. M.

Texts

  • Lillekessed
    Berend Gildenmann; Carl Wilhelm Freundlich; Anton Heinrich Lücke; Gustav Masing; Joachim Gottlieb Schwabe; Suve Jaan; Reinhold Johann Winkler ; Pärnu (Livonia) ; Friedrich Wilhelm Borm ; 1852
    Estonian ; 18th-19th century (“Russian rule”)
    Poetry ; Anthology, Collection of poems ; Fiction, Secular literature
    Printed text ; Original, Translation, Collection
  • Lillekessed [1]
    Berend Gildenmann; Carl Wilhelm Freundlich; Anton Heinrich Lücke; Gustav Masing; Joachim Gottlieb Schwabe; Suve Jaan ; Pärnu (Livonia) ; Friedrich Wilhelm Borm ; 1864
    Estonian ; 18th-19th century (“Russian rule”)
    Poetry ; Anthology, Collection of poems ; Fiction, Secular literature
    Printed text ; Original, Translation, Collection A-518
  • Mönne Kauni Waimolikko Laulo [2]
    Mönne Kauni Waimolikko Laulo [2]
    Johann Heinrich Foerster; Georg Beck; Johann Laaland; Gustav Masing ; Tartu (Livonia) ; Johann Joachim Christian Schünmann ; 1819 ?
    Estonian ; 18th-19th century (“Russian rule”)
    Poetry ; Psalter ; Herrnhut literature ; Spiritual literature
    Printed text ; Original, Translation, Collection D R A-36188 (konvoluut)

Secondary literature

  • 1. Deutschbaltisches biographisches Lexikon 1710-1960. Hrsg. von Wilhelm Lenz. Wedemark: Verlag Harro von Hirschheydt, 1998, S. 491. [German]
  • 2. Die evangelischen Prediger Livlands bis 1918. Hrsg. von Martin Ottow und Wilhelm Lenz. Köln-Wien: Böhlau Verlag, S. 331. [German]
  • 3. Eesti kirjanduse ajalugu. I köide. Toim. A. Vinkel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1965, lk 224. [Estonian]
  • 4. Kask, A. [= A.K.] Masing, Carl Gottfried Gustav. - Eesti biograafiline leksikon. Saku: Mart Tamberg, 2001 (Tartu: Loodus, 1926-1929), lk 294. [Estonian]
  • 5. Laugaste, Ed. Kreutzwaldi muinasjutt "Lopi ja Lapi". - Eesti Kirjandus 1940, nr 4, lk 179-182. [Estonian]
  • 6. Talve, Ilmar. Eesti kultuurilugu. Keskaja algusest Eesti iseseisvuseni. 2. tr. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2005, lk 246, 357. [Estonian]