Johann Fischart belongs to the literary record as a writer whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Johann Fischart as German writer (1546-1591).
Johann Fischart was born at Strasbourg in 1546. His recorded nationality is Germany. He was educated at University of Tübingen.
Printing had made an author reachable by readers who would never meet them, and vernacular languages were displacing Latin.
He worked as poet lawyer, writer and jurist.
The writing is recorded in German.
Literature is judged by re-reading, which is a slower and harsher test than acclaim.
That the work was written from Germany matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Johann Fischart died in 1590, aged 44. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
