Ludwig Tieck

Ludwig Tieck
Portrait of Tieck by Robert Schneider, 1833
Portrait of Tieck by Robert Schneider, 1833
BornJohann Ludwig Tieck
(1773-05-31)May 31, 1773
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died28 April 1853 (aged 79)
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Resting placeDreifaltigkeitskirchhof II, Berlin
Occupation
  • Poet
  • writer
  • translator
  • critic
  • folklorist
LanguageGerman
Alma materUniversity of Halle
University of Göttingen
University of Erlangen
Genres
  • Poetry
  • fiction prose
  • play
  • literary criticism
  • translation
Literary movement
Signature

Johann Ludwig Tieck (/tk/; German: [tiːk]; 31 May 1773 – 28 April 1853) was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic. He was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.


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