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May 26, 1799, Breslau, Silesia
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Feb. 3, 1853, Berlin (aged 53)
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August Kopisch

German painter and poet
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August Kopisch (born May 26, 1799, Breslau, Silesia—died Feb. 3, 1853, Berlin) was a German painter and poet known for his Gedichte (1836; “Poems”) and Allerlei Geister (1848; “All Kinds of Spirits”), poetry based on legends and fairy tales and written with a simplicity and appeal that made it widely popular.

Kopisch studied painting and archaeology in Italy (1823–28) and in 1826 rediscovered, with Ernst Fries, the Blue Grotto at Capri, which, though known in Roman times, had been forgotten for centuries. Upon his return to Germany he received a pension from the Prussian crown prince. An injury to his hand ended his career as a painter, and in 1847 he was given a court position at Potsdam, where he wrote a history of the royal gardens (1854). He also translated parts of Dante’s Divine Comedy.

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