E. T. A. Hoffmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

E. T. A. Hoffmann

German Romantic author

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1776

Place of Birth: Königsberg

Date of Death: 25-Jun-1822

Profession: judge, screenwriter, writer, composer, conductor, painter, music critic, caricaturist, children's writer, novelist, drawer, science fiction writer, diarist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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About E. T. A. Hoffmann

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (commonly abbreviated as E.
T.
A.
Hoffmann; born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist.
His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's 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 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 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. Hoffmann's stories highly influenced 19th-century literature, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.



Alternative names	Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
Description	German composer, judge, caricaturist, painter, children's writer and writer
Date of birth/death	24 January 1776	25 June 1822
Location of birth/death	Königsberg	Berlin
Work period	1809–
Authority control	: Q150471 VIAF: 29535422 ISNI: 0000 0001 2125 8025 ULAN: 500032176 LCCN: n80075856 NLA: 41303984 WorldCat

E. T. A. Hoffmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

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