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Born November 29, 1802 • Stuttgart • Germany • (Birthday in 6 days)
Died November 18, 1827 (aged 24) • Stuttgart • Germany
Notable Works “Märchenalmanach auf das Jahr 1826”

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E.T.A. Hoffmann
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Clemens Brentano, detail of an etching by Ludwig Grimm, 1837
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Heyse, c. 1870
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Friedrich Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin
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Hans Fallada
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Jean Paul
German author
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Heinrich Böll
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Hermann Hesse
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German writer
Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin
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German writer
Jünger, Ernst
Ernst Jünger
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