E. T. A. Hoffmann

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1776-01-24

  • Day of Death

    1822-06-25 (46 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Königsberg, Germany

Biography

From Wikipedia.  

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's famous opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffmann appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler.

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