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Johann Karl August Musäus

1735 - 1787

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Johann Karl August Musäus (29 March 1735 – 28 October 1787) was a German author. He was one of the first collectors of German folk stories, most celebrated for his Volksmärchen der Deutschen (1782–1787), a collection of German fairy tales retold as satires. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Karl August Musäus is the 2,061st most popular writer (up from 2,445th in 2019), the 2,245th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,573rd in 2019) and the 133rd most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Johann Karl August Musäus ranks 2,061 out of 7,302. Before him are Nodar Dumbadze, Aleksa Šantić, Tom Wolfe, William of Moerbeke, Maria Konopnicka, and Rhonda Byrne. After him are James E. Gunn, Frederick Marryat, Maria Gripe, Hermann Sudermann, Gian Giorgio Trissino, and Aloysius Bertrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Johann Karl August Musäus ranks 16. Before him are Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Torbern Bergman, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, John Carroll, Paul Revere, and Ahmad al-Tijani. After him are Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Dmitry Levitzky, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Ignacy Krasicki, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, and Paul Kray. Among people deceased in 1787, Johann Karl August Musäus ranks 10. Before him are Alphonsus Liguori, Carl Friedrich Abel, Pompeo Batoni, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Louise of France, and Şahin Giray. After him are William Watson, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, Charles, Prince of Soubise, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, and Ferdinando Galiani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Karl August Musäus ranks 2,246 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Rolf Stommelen (1943), Adelbert Schulz (1903), Heinz Jost (1904), and Wilhelm Peters (1815). After him are Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852), Adolph Diesterweg (1790), Aloysia Weber (1760), Friedrich Boie (1789), Fabio Mancini (1987), and Heinrich Aldegrever (1502).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Johann Karl August Musäus ranks 133. Before him are Mina Witkojc (1893), Joachim Neander (1650), Katia Mann (1883), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Yehuda Amichai (1924), and Elvira Madigan (1867). After him are Gustav Schwab (1792), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Armin T. Wegner (1886), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), and Jordan of Saxony (1190).

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