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E. T. A. Hoffmann | |
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| Born | Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann 24 January 1776 Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 25 June 1822 (aged 46) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation |
| Resting place | Cemetery No. III of the congregations of Jerusalem Church and New Church, Berlin-Kreuzberg |
| Pen name | E. T. A. Hoffmann |
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| Language | German |
| Alma mater | University of Königsberg |
| Period | Modern (19th century) |
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| Literary movement | |
| Years active | 1809–1822 |
| Notable works | Bibliography |
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Ernst Theodor Amadeus 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.[1][2][3] 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[4] 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.
- ^ Penrith Goff, "E.T.A. Hoffmann" in E. F. Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror. New York: Scribner's, 1985. pp. 111–120. ISBN 0-684-17808-7
- ^ Mike Ashley, "Hoffmann, E(rnst) T(heodor) A(madeus) ", in St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost, and Gothic Writers, ed. David Pringle. Detroit: St. James Press/Gale, 1998. ISBN 9781558622067 (pp. 668-69).
- ^ "Ludwig Tieck, Heinrich von Kleist, and E. T. A. Hoffmann also profoundly influenced the development of European Gothic horror in the nineteenth century...." Heide Crawford, The Origins of the Literary Vampire. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. ISBN 9781442266742 (p. xiii).
- ^ Schumann, Robert (2004). Herttrich, Ernst (ed.). Kreisleriana (PDF) (in German, English, and French). G. Henle Verlag. pp. III. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.