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| 1729 births | |
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| 1785 deaths | |
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His greatest work is contained in the 1762 volume, the idyll of ''Atis och Camille''; the exquisite little pastoral entitled ''Daphne'' was published at the same time, and Gyllenborg was the first to proclaim the supremacy of his friend. In 1763 Creutz practically closed his poetical career; he went to Spain as ambassador, and after three years to Paris in the same capacity. In 1783 Gustav III recalled him and heaped honours upon him, but he died soon after. ''Atis och Camilla'' was long the most admired poem in the Swedish Language ; it is written in a spirit of pastoral which is now to some degree faded, but in comparison with most of the other productions of the time it is freshness itself. Creutz introduced a melody and grace into the Swedish tongue which it lacked before, and he has been styled the last artificer of the language. See ''Creutz och Gyllenborgs Vitterhetsarbeten'' (Stockholm, 1795). SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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