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'''Zait Gaist''', pseudonym for '''Michaela Leidlitz''' ( | '''Zait Gaist''', pseudonym for '''Michaela Leidlitz''' (1567–1636), was a [[Two Martyrs|Walstädter]] poet affiliated with the proletarian movement. Her poems related only to the daily lives of ordinary folk in Walstadt. Her most famous line is from the poem "Schmidt der Schmied" (1601) ("Smith the Smith"), which has become an idiom in the Two Martyrs since: | ||
{{quote|''My ancestors, all blacksmiths, elected me blacksmith.'' <br> ''Who am I to reject democracy?''|Zait Geist|from "Schmidt der Schmied", in ''Der Schnee liegt hoch'', translated from the Saxon by Jonder Demander in "New Walstadt Poetry: An Anthology", [[Eliria]], 1603}} ''My ancestors, all blacksmiths, elected me blacksmith. <br> Who am I to reject democracy?''}} | |||
Despite the proletarian themes of her poems, Zait Gaist was believed to be the pseudonym of a local nobleman until her sons, Frederick and Wolfgang, announced her real identity in 1650 during an exhibition in [[Asara Eliana]]. | Despite the proletarian themes of her poems, Zait Gaist was believed to be the pseudonym of a local nobleman until her sons, Frederick and Wolfgang, announced her real identity in 1650 during an exhibition in [[Asara Eliana]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:27, 1 June 2020
Zait Gaist, pseudonym for Michaela Leidlitz (1567–1636), was a Walstädter poet affiliated with the proletarian movement. Her poems related only to the daily lives of ordinary folk in Walstadt. Her most famous line is from the poem "Schmidt der Schmied" (1601) ("Smith the Smith"), which has become an idiom in the Two Martyrs since:
My ancestors, all blacksmiths, elected me blacksmith.
Who am I to reject democracy?—Zait Geist, from "Schmidt der Schmied", in Der Schnee liegt hoch, translated from the Saxon by Jonder Demander in "New Walstadt Poetry: An Anthology", Eliria, 1603
My ancestors, all blacksmiths, elected me blacksmith.
Who am I to reject democracy?}}
Despite the proletarian themes of her poems, Zait Gaist was believed to be the pseudonym of a local nobleman until her sons, Frederick and Wolfgang, announced her real identity in 1650 during an exhibition in Asara Eliana.
