biography
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| (1792–1850)
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| Writer and scholar, born in Stuttgart, SW Germany. In 1833–8 he worked with Chamisso on the Deutsche Musenalmanach, before taking up clerical and academic posts, including that of Oberstudienrat. His retellings of legends in Sagen des klassischen Altertums (1838–40) and Deutsche Volksbücher (c.1836) are still read today, and he was popular for his folk and student songs, romances and ballads, notably Der Reiter und der Bodensee and Das Gewitter. He translated Lamartine, and was the first to appreciate the writing of Hölderlin, preparing an edition of the latter's works. |
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