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Gottfried August Bürger

German poet (1747-1794)

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Vinony's link graph records 133 inbound references to Gottfried August Bürger, and connects out to factitious disorder imposed on self, English language and German.

It is catalogued under topics including 1747 births, 1794 deaths and 18th-century German male writers.

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Born: 31 Dec 1747
Died: 8 Jun 1794
Works: 202

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Sämmtliche Schriften
Des Freiherrn von Münchhausen wunderbare Reisen und Abenteuer zu Wasser und zu Lande
G.A. Bürger's werke
[Sämmtliche werke.]
An apology for tales of terror ...

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Gottfried August Bürger (31 December 1747 – 8 June 1794) was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. Bürger is also known for German translations of Baron Munchausen’s narrative of his marvelous travels and campaigns in Russia by Rudolf Erich Raspe. In his introduction to the 1788 German edition, Bürger admitted to adapting and elaborating the original English-language works,…

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Key facts

Born: Gottfried August Bürger , ( 1747-12-31 ) 31 December 1747, Molmerswende , near Halberstadt , Anhalt
Died: 8 June 1794 (1794-06-08) (aged 46), Göttingen

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: August
Family name: Bürger
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Molmerswende
Place of death: Göttingen
Occupation: translator
Educated at: University of Göttingen
Employer: University of Göttingen
Languages spoken: German
Movement: Sturm und Drang
Image: Gottfried August Bürger.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Gottfried August Bürger
Commons category: Gottfried August Bürger
date of birth: 1747-12-31
date of death: 1794-06-08
Commons gallery: Gottfried August Bürger
Commons Creator page: Gottfried August Bürger
ethnic group: Germans
cause of death: tuberculosis
writing language: German
name in native language: Gottfried August Bürger
pseudonym: Hilarius Jocosus
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manner of death: natural causes
P12674: Miroslav Klose
archives at: Göttingen State and University Library
member of: Freemasonry

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Gottfried August Bürger, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Gottfried August Bürger (31 December 1747 – 8 June 1794) was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, Lenore, found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English and Russian adaptation and a French translation.

Biography

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