ERNEST THEODOR AMADEUS HOFFMANN (ORIGINALLY WILHELM)
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One of the most original of German story-tellers; born at Konigsberg, Prussia, Jan. 24, 1776; died in Berlin, 1822. He led an irregular, dissipated life; ranging at different times from councilor in the Supreme Court at Posen,- where his cleverness at caricature led to his dismissal,- musical conductor at Warsaw, and scene painter. In 1816, having secured a clerical appointment at Berlin, he settled down to a quiet life, but weakened by the excesses of his early career, died in 1822. The magic and demoniac element pervades the majority of his works, among which may be mentioned: "The Devil's Elixir" (1816); "Night Pieces" (1817); "Fantastic Pieces in Callot's Manner"; "The Brothers of Serapion".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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