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E. T. A. Hoffmann
German Romantic author (1776–1822)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 24 January 1776, 1776
- Died
- 25 June 1822, 1822
- Place of birth
- Königsberg
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Hoffmann
- Child
- Caecilia Hoffmann
- Movement
- Romanticism, German Romanticism, Romantic literature
- Genre
- opera
- Field of work
- creative and professional writing, prose, music, music criticism, conducting, painting
- Occupation
- composer, judge, caricaturist, painter, children's writer, writer, conductor, screenwriter, science fiction writer, novelist, music critic, draftsperson
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia, Germany
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
- artist files at
- Frick Art Research Library
- birth name
- Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
- cause of death
- cancer, tuberculosis
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Encyclopedic Lexicon, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Riemann's Music Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, The Encyclopedia Americana, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
- different from
- Ernst Hoffmann
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- educated at
- University of Königsberg
- end of work period
- June 1822
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art
- instrument
- organ
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- list of works
- E. T. A. Hoffmann bibliography
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
- notable work
- Undine, The Devil's Elixirs, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Mademoiselle de Scuderi, The Sandman, The Golden Pot, Master Flea
- place of burial
- Friedhof III der Gemeinde Jerusalems- und Neue Kirche
- pseudonym
- E. T. A. Hoffmann
- related category
- Category:Works by E. T. A. Hoffmann
- short name
- E. T. A. Hoffmann
- start of work period
- 1809
- topic's main category
- Category:E. T. A. Hoffmann
- writing language
- German
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