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Born November 30, 1813 • Reutlingen • Germany
Died October 10, 1873 (aged 59) • Tübingen • Germany
Notable Works “Der Sonnenwirt” • “Erzählungen” • “Schillers Heimatjahre”

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Kurz, etching by Johann Lindner, c. 1870
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Heyse, c. 1870
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse
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Opitz, Martin
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Karl Simrock, engraving after a photograph, 1862
Karl Joseph Simrock
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Sadeq Hedayat.
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Micah Joseph Berdichevsky
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Freiligrath, Ferdinand
Ferdinand Freiligrath
German poet
Feuchtwanger
Lion Feuchtwanger
German writer
Christoph Martin Wieland.
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German poet
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Klabund
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Cesare Pavese
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Kazimierz Pochwalski: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish writer
Elio Vittorini
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Sholem Aleichem
Sholem Aleichem
Yiddish author
Kazantzákis, Níkos
Níkos Kazantzákis
Greek writer
Inoue Yasushi
Japanese writer
Sylvia Townsend Warner
British author
Mori Ōgai.
Mori Ōgai
Japanese author
Anna Banti
Italian author and critic
Šenoa, August
August Šenoa
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