August Wilhelm Schlegel
(1767-1845)
German poet, translator, critic, and writer
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August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel (8 September 1767 – 12 May 1845), usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German 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. Schlegel was also the professor of Sanskrit in Continental Europe and produced a translation of the Bhagavad Gita.
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8 September 1767 Hanover, Germany
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12 May 1845 (aged 77) Bonn, Rhine Province
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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