biography
| name: |
Gottfried von Strassburg or Godfrey of Strasburg
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pronunciation:
[gotfreed]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (fl.13th-c)
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| biography:
| German poet. He wrote the masterly German version of the legend of Tristan and Isolde (c.1210), based on the Anglo-Norman poem by Thomas (c.1155). He is also noteworthy as an early exponent of literary criticism, having left appraisals of the work of poets of the period. |
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