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Also Known As Heyman Hertz
Born August 25, 1797 or August 27, 1798 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died February 25, 1870 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Notable Works “Gjenganger-breve” • “King René’s Daughter” • “Sparekassen” • “Svend Dyrings huus”
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Gustav Wied
Danish author
Wessel, Johan Herman
Johan Herman Wessel
Danish author
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Peter Andreas Heiberg
Danish author
Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg
Scandinavian author
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Pietro Aretino
Italian author
Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.
Johannes Ewald
Danish poet
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
Hauch, Johannes Carsten
Johannes Carsten Hauch
Danish author
Drachmann
Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann
Danish author
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Leif Panduro
Danish writer
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Klaus Rifbjerg
Danish writer
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
British poet
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish author and clergyman
David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
Poet John Dryden
John Dryden
British author
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
Italian poet Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso
Italian poet
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet
French author
Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Southey
English author

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