Friedrich Nicolai

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Friedrich Nicolai was an influential 18th-century German writer, publisher, and critic who became a leading voice of the German Enlightenment through his promotion of rationalism and literary debate.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment intellectual
human
literary critic
publisher
writer
countryOfCitizenship Prussia
employer Nicolai publishing house
ethnicGroup German
familyName Nicolai
fieldOfWork Enlightenment philosophy
literary criticism
literature
publishing
genre literary criticism
novel
satire
travel literature
givenName Friedrich
influenced German literary culture of the late 18th century
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement Age of Enlightenment
German Enlightenment
rationalism
name Friedrich Nicolai
nativeLanguage German
notableFor editing and publishing critical reviews
promotion of rationalism in German literature
role in German Enlightenment literary debates
notableIdea advocacy of Enlightenment rationality
critique of superstition and mysticism
notableWork Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek
Beschreibung einer Reise durch Deutschland und die Schweiz
Das Leben und die Meinungen des Herrn Magister Sebaldus Nothanker
Sebaldus Nothanker
occupation bookseller
journalist
literary critic
publisher
writer
participantIn German literary debates of the 18th century
placeOfBirth Berlin
placeOfDeath Berlin
positionHeld editor of Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek
sexOrGender male
workLocation Berlin

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