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Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born February 12, 1777 • Brandenburg • Germany
Died January 23, 1843 (aged 65) • Berlin • Germany
Notable Works “Der Held des Nordens” • “Undine”
Movement / Style Romanticism

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Heinrich von Kleist, drawing by Wilhelmina von Zenge, 1801; in the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
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Clemens Brentano, detail of an etching by Ludwig Grimm, 1837
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E.T.A. Hoffmann
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Chamisso, detail of an engraving by X. Steifensand after a drawing by D. Weiss
Adelbert von Chamisso
German-language lyricist
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
British poet
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British poet and critic
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
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Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
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Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.
Alessandro Manzoni
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Alexandre Dumas.
Alexandre Dumas, père
French author [1802–1870]
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, oil painting by F.C. Groger, 1815; in the National Historical Museum at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Den.
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger
Danish author
Słowacki, Juliusz
Juliusz Słowacki
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Garrett, João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida, visconde (viscount) de Almeida Garrett
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, viscount de Almeida Garrett
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Alfred de Musset
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Agustín Durán
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Zorrilla y Moral, José
José Zorrilla y Moral
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Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas
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José de Espronceda y Delgado
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Pellico, detail of an oil painting by Luigi Norfini
Silvio Pellico
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