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August von Kotzebue

1761 - 1819

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August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (German: [ˈaʊɡʊst fɔn ˈkɔtsəbuː], Russian: Евстафий Леонтьевич Коцебу, romanized: Yevstafiy Leontyevich Kotsebu; 3 May [O.S. 22 April] 1761 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1819) was a German playwright, who had also worked as a Russian diplomat. In 1817, one of Kotzebue's books was burned during the Wartburg festival. He was murdered in 1819 by Karl Ludwig Sand, a militant member of the Burschenschaften. This murder gave Metternich the pretext to issue the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819, which dissolved the Burschenschaften, cracked down on the liberal press, and seriously restricted academic freedom in the states of the German Confederation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August von Kotzebue is the 1,037th most popular writer (up from 1,127th in 2019), the 1,052nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,131st in 2019) and the 66th most popular German Writer.

August von Kotzebue was a German dramatist who was most famous for his plays that were based on the lives of common people.

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Among writers, August von Kotzebue ranks 1,037 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert van Gulik, Raymond Radiguet, Giambattista Marino, August Kubizek, Lafcadio Hearn, and Thomas Malory. After him are John Malalas, Božena Němcová, Charles De Coster, Edmund Spenser, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, and Persius.

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Among people born in 1761, August von Kotzebue ranks 8. Before him are Selim III, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Marie Tussaud, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Jan Potocki, and Jean-Charles Pichegru. After him are William Carey, Philippe Buonarroti, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Smithson Tennant, José, Prince of Brazil, and Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1819, August von Kotzebue ranks 9. Before him are Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Maria Luisa of Parma, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Kamehameha I, and Daniel Rutherford. After him are Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Abbé Faria, and Sophie Blanchard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August von Kotzebue ranks 1,052 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus Nomi (1944), Bruno of Querfurt (970), Albert of Riga (1165), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Reinhard Scheer (1863), and Joseph Berchtold (1897). After him are Marianne Bachmeier (1950), Charles De Coster (1827), Bert Trautmann (1923), Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), and John McEnroe (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, August von Kotzebue ranks 66. Before him are Peter Weiss (1916), Frank Wedekind (1864), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Bettina von Arnim (1785), and Johann Peter Eckermann (1792). After him are Charles De Coster (1827), Alfred Brehm (1829), W. G. Sebald (1944), Ernst Barlach (1870), Tannhäuser (1205), and Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426).

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