WRITER

August Wilhelm Schlegel

1767 - 1845

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August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel (German: [ˈʃleːgl̩]; 8 September 1767 – 12 May 1845), usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German Indologist, poet, translator and critic, and with his brother Friedrich Schlegel the leading influence within Jena Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Wilhelm Schlegel has received more than 270,694 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). August Wilhelm Schlegel is the 627th most popular writer (down from 583rd in 2019), the 590th most popular biography from Germany (down from 567th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Writer.

August Wilhelm Schlegel is most famous for being a German poet, translator, and critic.

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Notable Works

Kritische Schriften
1962
Comparaison entre la Phèdre de Racine et celle d'Euripide
1807
A course of lectures on dramatic art and literature
1815
Kritische Schriften und Briefe
1962
Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
1883
Lectures on dramatic art and literature
1876

Among WRITERS

Among writers, August Wilhelm Schlegel ranks 627 out of 7,302. Before him are Tirso de Molina, Alfred Döblin, J. M. Barrie, Poliziano, Mihai Eminescu, and Zecharia Sitchin. After him are Samuel Johnson, Ludwig Tieck, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Witold Gombrowicz, Raymond Queneau, and Edward Bernays.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, August Wilhelm Schlegel ranks 10. Before him are Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, John Quincy Adams, Jean-Baptiste Say, John VI of Portugal, Benjamin Constant, and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg. After him are Nicolas Oudinot, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Manuel Godoy, Henri Christophe, Maria Theresa of Austria, and Rama II of Siam. Among people deceased in 1845, August Wilhelm Schlegel ranks 3. Before him are Andrew Jackson, and Julie Clary. After him are John Frederic Daniell, Roustam Raza, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Guadalupe Victoria, Louis-Léopold Boilly, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Bernardino Rivadavia, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, and Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Wilhelm Schlegel ranks 590 out of 7,253. Before him are Roman Herzog (1934), Robert the Strong (900), Widukind (755), Andreas Brehme (1960), Karl Ziegler (1898), and Nina Hagen (1955). After him are Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), Ludwig Tieck (1773), August Bebel (1840), Heinrich Brüning (1885), Karl Gebhardt (1897), and August Horch (1868).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, August Wilhelm Schlegel ranks 36. Before him are Klaus Mann (1906), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Erich Kästner (1899), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), Dietrich Eckart (1868), and Bert Hellinger (1925). After him are Ludwig Tieck (1773), Bettina von Arnim (1785), Hugo Ball (1886), Georg Büchner (1813), Clemens Brentano (1778), and Ulrich von Hutten (1488).

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