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August Wilhelm von Schlegel

August Wilhelm von Schlegel

linguist, translator, Sanskrit scholar, philosopher, poet, literary critic, literary historian, romanist, playwright, university teacher, Indologist, writer, art historian, English–German translator, translator of William Shakespeare

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1767  – 1845

August Wilhelm von Schlegel was a German scholar, critic, Orientalist, Indologist, translator and poet. With his brother Friedrich Schlegel, he was a leading influence within Jena Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics.

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In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.

August Wilhelm von Schlegel