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August Wilhelm Schlegel

German poet, translator, critic, and a foremost leader of German Romanticism

b. 1767 CE – d. 1845 CE World The Great Crossroads

August Wilhelm (later: von) Schlegel (September 8, 1767 – May 12, 1845) is a German poet, translator, critic, and a foremost leader of German Romanticism.

His translations of Shakespeare make the English dramatist's works into German classics.

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Moran, J. (2017). August Wilhelm Schlegel. History Atlas. Retrieved 27 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/august-wilhelm-schlegel/

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