biography
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Richter, Johann Paul (Friedrich)
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pseudonym Jean Paul
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| lived:
| (1763–1825)
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| biography:
| Novelist and humorist, born in Wunsiedel, E Germany. He studied theology in Leipzig, then turned to literature, and after several years struggling to publish, began to teach (1787). He produced a wide range of works, achieving success with such romances as Die unsichtbare Loge (1793, The Invisible Lodge), Hesperus (1795), and the four-volume Titan (1800–3). |
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