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Also Known As Hermann Ferdinand Freiligrath
Born June 17, 1810 • Detmold • Germany
Died March 18, 1876 (aged 65) • Germany
Notable Works “Ça ira” • “Glaubensbekenntnis” • “Neuere politische und soziale Gedichte”

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Gottfried August Bürger
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Christoph Martin Wieland.
Christoph Martin Wieland
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German writer and translator
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Romanian author
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Eugenio Montale
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Hviezdoslav
Slovak poet
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Ludwig Tieck
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Johann Heinrich Voss, lithograph.
Johann Heinrich Voss
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German poet
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Klabund
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Karl Ludwig von Knebel
German poet
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Hermann Kurz
German writer

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