Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood (* May 23, 1799 in London, † May 3, 1845 in London ) was an English writer and humorist.

Thomas Hood was a short time trader, then an engraver, since 1821 exclusively writer. After he delivered early on for fiction leaves posts, he took over the editorship of the London Magazine, later founded Hood 's Magazine and finally led New Monthly. His excellent sense of humor showed in the collection of poems Whims and oddities (1827 ), in the satire of the English tourists Up the Rhine (1840 ) and in the Comic Annual. A creation of fantasy is The plea of the midsummer fairies (1828 ). But the sadness was peculiar to him, and she made him a poet of social misery. Such are the ballad The dream of Eugene Aram (1829 ) and the romances The song of the shirt (1843 in Punch), which portrays the plight of London's sewers, and The bridge of sighs (1845, both German of Ferdinand Freiligrath ).

In the prosaic narrative Hood was less happy. An edition of his works appeared from 1869 to 1873 in ten volumes, a selection of 1875 Poems (illustrated) London 1880. Most important poems rendered Hermann Harry (Hannover 1859) into German.

His son, Tom Hood was humorist and illustrator.