E.T.A. Hoffmann
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E.T.A. Hoffmann 🇩🇪

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (Known as "E.T.A. Hoffmann")
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Born Jan 24, 1776 🇩🇪 Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Passed Away Jun 25, 1822 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Lifespan 46 years old
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"He was an ornament to his state as a judge, in art as a poet, a musician, and a painter."

Archival Overview

German Romantic polymath, composer, and master of the uncanny whose gothic tales inspired The Nutcracker, Coppélia, and Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann.

Biographical Record

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822) was a German Romantic writer, composer, music critic, and jurist whose fantastical, dark romantic fiction made him a pioneer of the uncanny, the gothic tale, and modern psychological horror. Born in Königsberg, he served as a Prussian appellate judge by day while devoting his nights to musical composition and literature.

Hoffmann's brilliant stories—including The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, The Sandman, The Golden Pot, and the novel The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr—explored dual identities, automatons, and the thin boundary between madness and reality. His tales profoundly inspired Edgar Allan Poe, Dostoevsky, and Sigmund Freud (who analyzed 'The Sandman' in his essay on The Uncanny), as well as Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker.

Key Life Milestones

1816

The Nutcracker and The Sandman

Published Night Pieces containing 'The Sandman' and 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King', defining psychological fantasy.

1819

Tomcat Murr Published

Published Lebens-Ansichten des Katers Murr, a dazzling narrative intertwining the memoirs of an erudite tomcat with a tortured composer.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor
Berlin, Germany
GPS: 52.4967, 13.3883
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