About Karl Ludwig Kannegiesser
Lived 1781 – 1861 (aged 80). Karl Ludwig Kannegiesser was a writer, translator and romanist.
Karl Friedrich Ludwig Kannegiesser (1781–1861) was a German writer, translator, and critic.
Biography He was born at Wendemark, and was educated at Halle.
Work He translated Beaumont and Fletcher (1808), the Divina Commedia (5th ed. 1873), Dante's lyrics (2nd ed. 1842), and many others, ranging from Horace's Odes, Anacreon, and Sappho to Chaucer, Byron, and Scott. He was also famed as an exegete of Goethe, and edited with valuable notes a selection from that author's lyrical verse (1835).
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Who was Karl Ludwig Kannegiesser?
German writer and translator (1781-1861)
When was Karl Ludwig Kannegiesser born?
Karl Ludwig Kannegiesser was born on 9 May 1781 in Wendemark.
When did Karl Ludwig Kannegiesser die?
Karl Ludwig Kannegiesser died on 14 September 1861 in Berlin.
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Karl Ludwig Kannegiesser was a writer, translator and romanist.
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