Ludwig Tieck

Ludwig Tieck
Portrait of Tieck by Robert Schneider, 1833
Born	Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773-05-31)May 31, 1773 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	28 April 1853 (aged 79) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Resting place	Dreifaltigkeitskirchhof II, Berlin
Occupation	Poet writer translator critic folklorist
Language	German
Alma mater	University of Halle University of Göttingen University of Erlangen
Genres	Poetry fiction prose play literary criticism translation
Literary movement	German Romanticism Dark Romanticism
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Johann Ludwig Tieck (/tiːk/; German: [tiːk]; 31 May 1773 – 28 April 1853) was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic. He was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.