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Геснер (Gessner) Саломон
(1730—1788)

Swiss writer, translator, painter, and etcher, known throughout Europe for literary works of pastoral themes and rococo >Idyllen (1756–72) and his epic poem Der Tod Abels (1758; “The Death of Abel”) were his most renowned works, making him the most successful and typical representative of a literary rococo movement. His pastorals were translated... More...

Switzerland, 1938, Salomon Gessner