August Wilhelm Schlegel

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German Romantic human literary critic poet translator university teacher

August Wilhelm Schlegel was a German poet, translator, and critic, best known as a leading figure of early German Romanticism and for his influential translations of Shakespeare into German.

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Label	Occurrences
August Wilhelm Schlegel canonical	6

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German Romantic ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
birthDate	1767-09-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	Electorate of Hanover ⓘ Hanover ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Electorate of Hanover ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
deathDate	1845-05-12 ⓘ
deathPlace	Bonn ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
educatedAt	University of Göttingen ⓘ
employer	University of Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Jena NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	German ⓘ
familyName	Schlegel ⓘ
fieldOfWork	literary criticism ⓘ poetry ⓘ translation ⓘ
fullName	Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	literary criticism ⓘ literary essay ⓘ poetry ⓘ
givenName	August ⓘ
influenced	Friedrich Schlegel NERFINISHED ⓘ German Romantic poets ⓘ Heinrich Heine ⓘ
influencedBy	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
movement	Jena Romanticism ⓘ surface form: German Romanticism Romanticism ⓘ
name	August Wilhelm Schlegel NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableStudent	Madame de Staël ⓘ
notableWork	German translations of William Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature ⓘ
occupation	literary critic ⓘ poet ⓘ professor ⓘ translator ⓘ
relative	Dorothea Schlegel ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
residence	Berlin ⓘ Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ Coppet ⓘ Jena NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna ⓘ
sibling	Friedrich Schlegel NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Caroline Schelling ⓘ Dorothea Schlegel ⓘ surface form: Caroline Schlegel
translatedAuthor	Dante Alighieri ⓘ Pedro Calderón de la Barca ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ

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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

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Subject: August Wilhelm Schlegel
Description of subject: August Wilhelm Schlegel was a German poet, translator, and critic, best known as a leading figure of early German Romanticism and for his influential translations of Shakespeare into German.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caroline Schelling → spouse → August Wilhelm Schlegel ⓘ

Caroline Schelling → notableAssociate → August Wilhelm Schlegel ⓘ

Schlegel → hasNotableBearer → August Wilhelm Schlegel ⓘ

Schlegel → sibling → August Wilhelm Schlegel ⓘ

subject surface form: Friedrich Schlegel

Caroline Michaelis → spouse → August Wilhelm Schlegel ⓘ

Caroline Michaelis → closeAssociate → August Wilhelm Schlegel ⓘ