Sebastian Brant (1458–1521)
Author of The Ship of Fools
About the Author
Sebastian Brant was born in Strassburg, France, in 1457 and studied at Basel, Switzerland, where he became a lecturer. When Basel joined the Swiss Confederacy, he returned to Strassburg and became the town clerk. He was the author of a number of political and religious pamphlets. Katherine Anne show more Porter drew on Das Narrenschiff (1497) for her novel Ship of Fools. Brant's parody of the late medieval period depicts life as a paradise for simpletons. It is a series of rhymed sermons excoriating sin and folly with grotesque satire. The crew of a seabound vessel is made up of 112 fools, each representing a foible of humankind. This was the first book written in German to achieve great international popularity. It was translated into Low German, Latin, French, English, and other languages. In 1509, Alexander Barclay translated an early edition of the work. Brant died in 1521. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Sebastian Brant
Descensus Averno ; fourteen woodcuts reproduced from Sebastian Brant's Virgil, Strassburg, MDII 4 copies
A Nau Dos Insensatos 3 copies
Das Narrenschiff : Text und Holzschnitte der Erstausgabe 1494, Zusätge der Ausgaben 1495 und 1499 (1980) 2 copies
Das Narrenschiff (Großdruck): Die Ausgabe von 1877 mit allen Holzschnitten des Erstdrucks von 1494 (2019) 1 copy
Das Narrenschiff. Text und Holzschnitte der Erstausgabe1494. Zusätze der Ausgabe n 1495 und 1499 (1986) 1 copy
Das Narrenschiff Text und Holzschnitte der Erstausg. 1494 ; Zusätze der Ausgaben 1495 und 1499 1 copy
Der Büchernarr 1 copy
Associated Works
German Humanism and Reformation: Erasmus, Luther, Muntzer, and others (German Library) (1982) — Contributor — 29 copies
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- Date of death
- 1521-05-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Straßburg, Elsaß, Frankreich
- Place of death
- Straßburg, Elsass, Frankreich
- Occupations
- lawyer
town clerk
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