It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
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Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?
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Birth: | 24th January, 1776 |
Death: | 25th June, 1822 |
Nationality: | German |
Profession: | Author, Critic |
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's famous opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffman appears as the hero. He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based.
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