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Wilhelm Hauff: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born November 29, 1802 • Stuttgart • Germany
Died November 18, 1827 (aged 24) • Stuttgart • Germany • (Anniversary in 5 days)
Notable Works “Märchenalmanach auf das Jahr 1826”

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Hauff, engraving by Johann Wolfle
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Uwe Johnson
German author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Thomas Mann
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Gerhart Hauptmann
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Günter Grass
Günter Grass
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Arno Schmidt
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E.T.A. Hoffmann
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Eichendorff, Joseph, freiherr von
Joseph, baron von Eichendorff
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Clemens Brentano, detail of an etching by Ludwig Grimm, 1837
Clemens Brentano
German author
Heyse, c. 1870
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
German author, folklorist, and philologist
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Wilhelm Carl Grimm
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Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Friedrich Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin
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Hans Fallada
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Jean Paul
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Heinrich Böll
German author
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
German writer
Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin
Ludwig Tieck
German writer
Jünger, Ernst
Ernst Jünger
German writer