E. T. A. Hoffmann

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E. T. A. Hoffmann was a German Romantic author, composer, and jurist best known for his fantastical and often macabre tales that influenced writers like Edgar Allan Poe and inspired works such as Tchaikovsky’s ballet "The Nutcracker."

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instanceOf Romantic author
caricaturist
composer
human
jurist
music critic
painter
writer
birthName Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
burialPlace Jerusalem Cemetery, Berlin
causeOfDeath paralysis
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
dateOfBirth 1776-01-24
dateOfDeath 1822-06-25
employer Prussian civil service
familyName Hoffmann
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
fieldOfWork law
literature
music
fullName Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
genre Gothic fiction
fantastic literature
opera
short story
givenName Ernst
Theodor
hasPartInWork character Clara in The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
character Coppelius in The Sandman
honours took middle name Amadeus in honor of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
influenced Charles Dickens
Edgar Allan Poe
Franz Kafka
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Guy de Maupassant
Honoré de Balzac
Nikolai Gogol
Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker
influencedBy German Romanticism
linked to: Jena Romanticism
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement Romanticism
notableIdea interpenetration of reality and fantasy in narrative
notableWork Councillor Krespel
Ignaz Denner
The Devil’s Elixirs
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
The Sandman
The Serapion Brethren
occupation author
caricaturist
composer
jurist
music critic
painter
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Königsberg
placeOfDeath Berlin
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

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University of Königsberg hasAlumnus E. T. A. Hoffmann
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben familyName Hoffmann
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The Nutcracker (adaptation) basedOnAuthor E. T. A. Hoffmann
Hoffman hasVariant Hoffmann
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
Hoffman hasVariant Hoffmannn
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann familyName Hoffmann
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
E. T. A. Hoffmann fullName Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
E. T. A. Hoffmann birthName Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
E. T. A. Hoffmann familyName Hoffmann
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
Albertus University hadNotableStudent E. T. A. Hoffmann
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 inspiredBy E.T.A. Hoffmann
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 inspiredBy E. T. A. Hoffmann
Hoffmann basedOn E. T. A. Hoffmann
Drosselmeier appearsInWorkBy E. T. A. Hoffmann
Nutcracker Prince creator E. T. A. Hoffmann
Mouse King createdBy E. T. A. Hoffmann
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy basedOnAuthor E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Nutcracker, Op. 71 basedOnAuthor E. T. A. Hoffmann
Coppélia basedOnWorkAuthor E. T. A. Hoffmann
Clara Stahlbaum basedOnWorkBy E. T. A. Hoffmann