The New International Encyclopædia/Strodtmann, Adolf
STRODTMANN, strṓt'män,  (1829-79).
A German author, born at Flensburg. He
studied at Kiel, and, while taking part in the
insurrection of 1848, was wounded and captured
by the Danes. On being set at liberty he
published Lieder eines Gefangenen auf der Dronning
Maria (1848). He resumed study at Bonn under
Kinkel, but was suspended on account of his
political activity. He then published Lieder der
Nacht (1850) and a biography of Gottfried Kinkel
(1850). He went to Paris, to London, and
in 1852 to America, where for four years he was
by turns bookseller and journalist in New York
City and Philadelphia. Returning to Germany
in 1856, he became known as a biographer of
Heine and as war correspondent for several
newspapers during the Franco-German campaign.
He translated much from English writers.
His most noteworthy volume in this field is
Amerikanische Anthologie (1870), a group of
successful renderings from American lyric poets.